. The Wye and its associations. A picturesque ramble. he demolition is, there are atleast vestiges, even in the most ruinous parts,which explain the original form, and even mostof the details of the edifice. The very effects oftime, as may be well supposed, are here amongthe principal advantages. The broken outlines,the isolated columns, the roofless walls, are alladjuncts of the picturesque ; but added to these,there are the curtains, the canopies, the chap-lets, coronals, festoons, of ivy, mosses andlichens, which give as much effect to a ruin, asrich draperies do to naked walls. The tiles w
. The Wye and its associations. A picturesque ramble. he demolition is, there are atleast vestiges, even in the most ruinous parts,which explain the original form, and even mostof the details of the edifice. The very effects oftime, as may be well supposed, are here amongthe principal advantages. The broken outlines,the isolated columns, the roofless walls, are alladjuncts of the picturesque ; but added to these,there are the curtains, the canopies, the chap-lets, coronals, festoons, of ivy, mosses andlichens, which give as much effect to a ruin, asrich draperies do to naked walls. The tiles which formed the flooring have beenremoved, and a carpet of smooth turf laid down,on which fragments of columns, monuments,statues, and sculptures are scattered. This ofcourse is not entirely the doing of time; but artis not displayed obtrusively enough to ruined edifice, it should be observed, althoughthis is frequently forgotten by critics, is a workof man and nature conjointly; and the traces,therefore, of taste or ingenuity are not to be. _/^^ loDfiaa rnmilMa fcT ihi! Uropriimr,-by L3ngr«ii Sc C^ PalBmDmBT Ei3^.
Size: 1390px × 1798px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorwordsworthcollection, bookcentury, bookpublisherlondon
