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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ... the wood, Close by the house a rude deserted chalk-pit, Half full of rank and creeping plants, with briars And pendent roots of trees half cover'd o'er, Like some wild shaggy ruin. Beautiful To me is that low farm. There is a peace, A deep repose, a silent harmony, Of nature and of man. The circling woods Shut out all human eyes; and the gay orchard Spreads its sweet world of blossoms, all unseen, Save by the smiling sky. That were a spot To live and die in. Mitford. HERE happy would they stray in summer-hours, To spy the birds in their green leafy bowers, And learn their various voices; to delight In the gay tints and ever-bickering flight Of dragon-flies upon the river's brim; Or swift kingfisher in his gaudy trim Come skimming past, with a shrill, sudden cry; Or on the river's sunny marge to lie, And count the insects that meandering trace, In some smooth nook, their circuits on its face. Now gravely ponder on the frothy cells Of insects, hung on flowery pinnacles; Now, wading the deep grass, exulting trace The corncrake's curious voice from place to place; Now here--now there--now distant--now at hand--Now hush'd, just where in wondering mirth they stand. To lie abroad on Nature's lonely breast, Amidst the music of a summer's sky, Where tall, dark pines the northern bank invest Of a still lake; and see the long pikes lie Basking upon the shallows; with dark crest, And threatening pomp, the swan go sailing by; And many a wild fowl on its breast that shone, Flickering, like liquid silver, in the joyous sun; The duck, deep poring with her downward head. Like a buoy floating on the ocean wave; The Spanish goose, like drops of crystal, shed The water o'er him, his rich plumes to lave; The beautiful widgeon, springing upward, spread His clapping wings; the h...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781231161807
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 36
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1231161809
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 82 gr


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