. Shakespeare's England . Stratford- upon-A von. soul out of the infinite weariness of common things andgive it strength and peace. The old time has comeback, and the bloom of the heart that I thought had allfaded and gone. I stroll again to the rivers brink,and take my place in the boat, and, trailing my handin the dark waters of the Avon, forget every troublethat ever I have known. 232 SHAKESPEARES ENGLAND chap. It is often said, with reference to memorable places,that the best view always is the first view. No doubtthe accustomed eye sees blemishes. No doubt thesupreme moments of human life
. Shakespeare's England . Stratford- upon-A von. soul out of the infinite weariness of common things andgive it strength and peace. The old time has comeback, and the bloom of the heart that I thought had allfaded and gone. I stroll again to the rivers brink,and take my place in the boat, and, trailing my handin the dark waters of the Avon, forget every troublethat ever I have known. 232 SHAKESPEARES ENGLAND chap. It is often said, with reference to memorable places,that the best view always is the first view. No doubtthe accustomed eye sees blemishes. No doubt thesupreme moments of human life are few and come butonce; and neither of them is ever repeated. Yet fre-quently it will be found that the change is in ourselvesand not in the objects we behold. Scott has glanced atthis truth, in a few mournful lines, written toward theclose of his heroic and beautiful life. Here at Stratford,however, I am not conscious that the wonderful charmof the place is in any degree impaired. The town stillpreserves its old-fashi
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