. The Burton Holmes lectures;. MASTICA 198 GRECIAN JOURNEYS roots. A little streamlet issues thence, for a fine spring ofcool, clear water has burst forth within this curious grotto,forming a minute cascade and a tiny pool, in which the faceof some fair nymph must surely have been daily mirrored, erewe moderns came to frighten her away. Then in a recess thereis a broad, low, natural couch covered with fine green moss,soft and luxurious ; and because the English author owns anArcadian shepherds cloak, he claimed the right to take hismidday sleep there in the tree, holding that he, wrapped intha
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. MASTICA 198 GRECIAN JOURNEYS roots. A little streamlet issues thence, for a fine spring ofcool, clear water has burst forth within this curious grotto,forming a minute cascade and a tiny pool, in which the faceof some fair nymph must surely have been daily mirrored, erewe moderns came to frighten her away. Then in a recess thereis a broad, low, natural couch covered with fine green moss,soft and luxurious ; and because the English author owns anArcadian shepherds cloak, he claimed the right to take hismidday sleep there in the tree, holding that he, wrapped inthat shaggy mass of coarse gray wool, harmonized far betterwith the pastoral scene than we who wore the more uglygarb of this convenient century. And for two hours or. HERE IS ARCADIA AS \VK HAVE DREAMED Ol- IT GRECIAN JOURNEYS 199
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