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No. I. Sojourn I3st The Farm-House By Th...
tiien as I liaye stead been ing able it with to discover hands , strapp thus ing it presenting over my * sh a ludicrous ders and
ymy , Little burlesque " Sall of a very ht- small eyedmerr Samson -tongued carryin damsel g off the of gates ten years of Gaza old .
Farmer St y , bbleneld g _' s daug , hter , y carries my paint-box and provision , - basket . Justina has been painting lately in the Druids l ' Grove .
Thus a very we livel have y and set off life together -enjoying these little lovel group y bri , and ght au no tumna doubt m some ornin wha gs t , look
which eccentric are in cast appearance after us , by if visitors one is t from o judge the b near y the watering astonished -place of
H Hartstongue , whose pa Dell ths , we which cross lies occasionall beyond the y . Druid ' s Grove , is and a ravine
within a valley . Its rocky sides are tapestried with ferns ivy . T there he roof rei is a a cano cert p y of interwoven loom b within ranches the ; ev precints en at noon . of tide the , gns savage g
little glen . Ferns of a marvellously large growth , spear grass , ivy , reeds , and the mysterious-looting l and the rare t plant declivi Herb True and
love and her kindredclothe the soiof seep ty , emitas the foot crushes , their rich vegetation , a somewhat pungent aromatic , odourHere and there a tree has fallen across a gurgling
b soon rook ming , which led runs their . throug leaves h and the sprays dell ; and with ivy the , grass branche , and s of ferns the pros have - and
bush stepp trate in trees and g-stones briar . Now . " ; now You you have to think scramble to involuntaril cross up the a track crumbling how by in sli days p bank pery of , " yore throug mos her s h e y
must have been the abode of wolves , and how at the present _£ moment iie hollow soft trunk , deepl of y-feathered yonder large , thinking " stag- owls headed , are oak brooding " and will In
moon come fo rises rth u o p ver on the hushed calm p dark inions sea to- and night gazes , when with the silvery great , gleams white
down into the mazes of the solemn , wood . In truth the little dell is a spot mightily to rejoice an artist ' s and surmounted
artist spirit , and but artistic dire are " traps the dangers " are landed to be run upon the little platform ere
ch o os ur en ease as l there * place is n of sy but lvan a study . tree As -stem for standing round which -room you for mossy
shadows y appropriate can tightl dropp y , b and ind ing comfortable yo down ur can , upon vas easel , makes mossy . Then tree a cap , - with roots ital quivering , , , and most weather upon picturesque lights waving stained and ,
what festoons with a lovelier hundred of ferns or hues and more , ivy behind perfectl , and you with y felicitous as a a huge screen p fock lace from , of wind stud and y - could sun ,
the upon p j ainter One civilization this ' tiling s soul lovel more desire of y p H , latform however ? ( , «\ and , e . my snohbism this soul is more does ) is creep entire desire ing , solitude up whilst amidst ! perched Alas these !
fern The s and artis ivy t ' s roots hand unsop -would histicated be the first as they to beckon still look his _fellow-mortafe
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1862, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031862/page/16/
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