. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. h the sombre forest of Soignies, partof which is the property of His Grace the Dukeof Wellington, conferred on him by the King ofHolland, in remuneration of his services on theoccasion which has this day particularly en-grossed our attention —[A Week at Brussels.] VALLEY OP THE fciEOSB What lovelier home could gentle fancy choose ?Is this the stream, whose cities, heights, and plains,Wars favourite playground, are with crimson stainsFamiliar, as the morn with pearly dews ?The morn, that now, along the silver Meuse,Spreading he
. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. h the sombre forest of Soignies, partof which is the property of His Grace the Dukeof Wellington, conferred on him by the King ofHolland, in remuneration of his services on theoccasion which has this day particularly en-grossed our attention —[A Week at Brussels.] VALLEY OP THE fciEOSB What lovelier home could gentle fancy choose ?Is this the stream, whose cities, heights, and plains,Wars favourite playground, are with crimson stainsFamiliar, as the morn with pearly dews ?The morn, that now, along the silver Meuse,Spreading her peaceful ensigns, calls the swainsTo tend their silent boats and ringing wains,Or strip the bough whose mellow fruit bestrewsThe ripening corn beneath it. As mine eyesTurn from the fortified and threatening hill,How sweet the prospect of yon watery glade,With its grey locks clustering in pensive shade,That, shapd like old monastic turrets, rise From the smooth meadow-ground, serene and still. —Wordsworth. BRUSSELS TO THE RHINE, BY LIEGE AND AIX LA hen the Traveller leaves Brussels to make his way on-wards to the Rhine, he finds himself retracing as far asMarines his previous Railway Route, and not until he haspassed the Station at Mechlin does he find himself in anentirely new scene. On quitting that station, the railway describesa curve, and crosses the paved road leading to Louvaine. The firstvillage on the left hand is that of Meusen, on the Dyle, with a churchfounded by St. Lambert. Soon afterwards on the same side the vil-lage of Hever is seen, and in the distance the steeple of Rymenam, a H 2 52 THE RHINE BOOK. commune of the province of Antwerp. A small stream is crossed, which fallsinto the Dyle, and waters the commune of Doort-Meerbeck on the right, thechurch of which, close to the railway, contains the tombs of the lords of Launoyand Santa Cruz. After a short stoppage at Haegt, an uninteresting place, thetrain speedily arrives at Wespelaer, a famous p
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