. Midsummer Eve : a fairy tale of loving and being loved . abbeys converted into broken tombs—rising upon the placid and flowerybanks, a cottage or two clinging to the base, like barnacles on some mightyrock; then away again, a clear, strong, fertilizing river, singing to theheavens or murmuring to the earth—seldom spanned bj- a bridge, neverdisturbed by a water-wheel—and at that early hour, when all things areundefined, reflecting nothing but the soft grey tone of the morning A FAIRY TALE OF LOVE. 201

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