. 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. atmosphere, or repeating the outline of an ivy-cumbered tower, or over-hanging tree. Within
. 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. atmosphere, or repeating the outline of an ivy-cumbered tower, or over-hanging tree. Within about three miles of Cork, in the silent time, * whenilight and morning meet upon the hills, and as one descends into thevalleys, the other separates from the advancing light, and leaves theworld to the activity that succeeds repose,—at that placid hour, a man,fatigued by much walking, stood for some time gazing into the water, andthen seated himself on a projecting bank of the Lee, and, after resting,plunged his swollen feet into the refreshing stream. lie looked as ifhe had been led astray by one of thoseseductive and perilous night - firesthat so often precede destruction ; heseemed bewildered, and had evidently* missed his road, for he peered fromright to left, and from left to. right, ina state of uncertainty as to the coursehe was to adopt: he was certainly astranger to the paths among which hehad been wandering—a stranger with no guide to consult. A few of thelate sitting-up stars li
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