Rambles through the British Isles . • Amusements to viitue aie like breezes ot an to the llame. XXVII. Ik and Around Glasgow. Sweet recreation barred, wbat doeth ensue,But moody and dull melancholy,Kinsman to grim and comfortless despair;And at their heels, a huge infectious troopOf pale distemperatures, and foes to life. Shakespeare. ESTERDAY, when walking in one of theprincipal streets of the city, my eye caughta sight of the old flag— the Star SpangledBanner—floating from the balcony of ahotel. Yes, there it waved as gayly and freelyas ever I saw it in its own native land! For a lit-tle tim
Rambles through the British Isles . • Amusements to viitue aie like breezes ot an to the llame. XXVII. Ik and Around Glasgow. Sweet recreation barred, wbat doeth ensue,But moody and dull melancholy,Kinsman to grim and comfortless despair;And at their heels, a huge infectious troopOf pale distemperatures, and foes to life. Shakespeare. ESTERDAY, when walking in one of theprincipal streets of the city, my eye caughta sight of the old flag— the Star SpangledBanner—floating from the balcony of ahotel. Yes, there it waved as gayly and freelyas ever I saw it in its own native land! For a lit-tle time I was bewildered and said to myself, Canthis be a dream ? am I in America ? can it be that Istill in New York city ? Is what I see real, or only a. In and Around Glasgow. 261 phantom ? Has the banner of ihefrce tal«!n the place of the Eed, White and Blue ? While thus musing, I was instinc-tively, I might almost say, drawn toward the place, when, tomy great satisfaction, without asking a single question, every-thing was clearly explained by a sight of our brave navalofficer. Admiral Farragut! Glasgow Green is one of the most popular places of resortin the city ; it is situated on the bank of the Clyde, and con-tains an area of about one hundred and forty acres. This may well be called the Lung of the City. To thisplace, after the days work is over, come thousands of black-faced men from the machine shops and factories, to breathefor a time the free air; and to discuss the various subjects ofthe day, political and religious. Here, too, may be seen, bynight or by day, unfortunate females, with faces of triplebrass, hiding hearts of unutterable woe—sleeping girls, whomight be mistaken for lifeless bundles of rags—down-lookingsco
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