. Around an old homestead; a book of memories. Huston, Paul Griswold; Farm life; Natural history. THE WOODS. 189 As we stand again near the path leading into it, with the woods in its full panoply of green, and the wild melody of the wood thrush sounding, toward the twilight, at the entrance to this minster of the beau- tiful old forest, with the crosses and antlered spires above it piercing the sunset sky, and with its dingles beckoning back to us so that we can not leave it, we feel ourselves influenced anew, and spiritually uplifted, by the strange, mystic druidism of the trees. There recur
. Around an old homestead; a book of memories. Huston, Paul Griswold; Farm life; Natural history. THE WOODS. 189 As we stand again near the path leading into it, with the woods in its full panoply of green, and the wild melody of the wood thrush sounding, toward the twilight, at the entrance to this minster of the beau- tiful old forest, with the crosses and antlered spires above it piercing the sunset sky, and with its dingles beckoning back to us so that we can not leave it, we feel ourselves influenced anew, and spiritually uplifted, by the strange, mystic druidism of the trees. There recur to memory the opening lines of Bryant's familiar ode. We, too, say that " The groves were God's first ; O. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Huston, Paul Griswold. Cincinnati, Jennings and Graham; New York, Eaton and Mains
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