William Shakespeare; poet, dramatist, and man . 5« WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE fortunate landscape beautiful in itself and appeal-ing to every imagination because it was Shake-speares country. There are more striking outlooks than thosewhich are found between Kenilworth and Strat-ford ; there aremore fertileand garden-like stretchesof country;but there isnowhere inEngland hap-pier harmonyof the typicalqualities of theEnglish coun-try : gentleundulation ofwold andwood, groupsof ancient MEKVVNS TOWER. trCCS, loUg In which Amy Robsart was imprisoned. linP^of ItpHcPS slow rivers winding under overhanging
William Shakespeare; poet, dramatist, and man . 5« WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE fortunate landscape beautiful in itself and appeal-ing to every imagination because it was Shake-speares country. There are more striking outlooks than thosewhich are found between Kenilworth and Strat-ford ; there aremore fertileand garden-like stretchesof country;but there isnowhere inEngland hap-pier harmonyof the typicalqualities of theEnglish coun-try : gentleundulation ofwold andwood, groupsof ancient MEKVVNS TOWER. trCCS, loUg In which Amy Robsart was imprisoned. linP^of ItpHcPS slow rivers winding under overhanging branchesand loitering in places of immemorial shade ; statelyhomes rich in association with men and womenof force or craft, or possessed of the noble art ofgentleness in ungentle times; a low, soft sky fromwhich clouds are rarely absent, and an atmosphere. SHAKESPEARES COUNTRY 59 which softens all outlines, subdues all sounds, andworks mao^ical effects of li2:ht and distance. Thesequalities of ripeness and repose are seen in theirperfection from the ruined Mervyns Tower, inwhich Amy Robsart was imprisoned. As far asthe eye can reach, the landscape is full of a tenderand gracious beauty. Nothing arrests and holds theattention, for the loveliness is diffused rather thanconcentrated; it lies like a magical veil over thewhole landscape, concealing nothing and yet touch-ing everything with a modulating softness whichseems almost like a gift from the imagination. Inmidsummer, when the grain stands almost as highas a mans head, the foot-path which runs throughit can be followed for a long distance by the eye,so sharply cut through the waving fields is winding foot-paths, which take one awayfrom the highroads into the heart of the country,are nowhere more alluring to the eye and the im-agination than in Warwickshire. They makechances f
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