The cottages and the village life of rural England . s. We havewatched it grow old and grey, as perhaps we have ourselves, and wethink of our fathers who reared it and made the place our say to us : We did our best for the old home, We reared this roof-tree well;And we trust that you will be strong and trueTo the home where we loved to dwell. This appeals with equal force to the* humble dwelling of the cot-tager as to the home of the squire or the mansion of the great,save that his tenure is often less secure and Octobers will come andoften compel him to seek the shelter of another r
The cottages and the village life of rural England . s. We havewatched it grow old and grey, as perhaps we have ourselves, and wethink of our fathers who reared it and made the place our say to us : We did our best for the old home, We reared this roof-tree well;And we trust that you will be strong and trueTo the home where we loved to dwell. This appeals with equal force to the* humble dwelling of the cot-tager as to the home of the squire or the mansion of the great,save that his tenure is often less secure and Octobers will come andoften compel him to seek the shelter of another roof-tree. But onthe estate of the old English squire labourers used to live on fromgeneration to generation and never knew an alien lord, and sonsucceeded his father in the old cottage, which was as much thefamily Jiome as the manor-house was that of his It is the custom of English builders when the roof-tree hasbeen reared to hoist a flag on the building to signal the triumph of the achievement. I know not how old the custom is, but it 48. DOVE COTTAGE, GRASMERE To the lovers of literature and the admirers of Wordsworth Dove Cottage will always have an ever-enduring charm. The scenery around it inspired some of his sweetest songs. All the things the poet held dear are there— the flowering shrubs that deck our humble door, bright gowan and marsh-marigold, flower and weed from distant mountains, primroses, and even a sparrows nest. O happy garden ! whose seclusion deepHath been so friendly to industrious hours ! So the poet sang his sweetest lay, when he was about to bring hisbride to this fair bower, and the echo of his song still haunts thehouse and garden that he loved. COTTAGES OF RURAL ENGLAND has evidently come down to us from a remote past, and is stillin use. It may have some connection with the idea of a spirit hauntinga house. Every self-respecting old house has its ghost, some rest-less spirit that haunts its ancient home of love, or wrong, or crime,and wil
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