. Our village. t/fiQ n^sit. <5k)Wr 27tk.—A lovely autumnal daj ;the air soft, balmy, genial; the sky ofthat softened and delicate blue uponwhich the eye loves to rest,—the bluewhich gives such relief to the rich beauty of the earth,all around glowing in the ripe and mellow tints of themost gorgeous of the seasons. Really such an autumnmay well compensate our English climate for the finespring of the south, that spring of which the poets talk,but which we so seldom enjoy. Such an autumn glowsupon us like a splendid evening ; it is the very sunsetof the year ; and I have been tempted forth in


. Our village. t/fiQ n^sit. <5k)Wr 27tk.—A lovely autumnal daj ;the air soft, balmy, genial; the sky ofthat softened and delicate blue uponwhich the eye loves to rest,—the bluewhich gives such relief to the rich beauty of the earth,all around glowing in the ripe and mellow tints of themost gorgeous of the seasons. Really such an autumnmay well compensate our English climate for the finespring of the south, that spring of which the poets talk,but which we so seldom enjoy. Such an autumn glowsupon us like a splendid evening ; it is the very sunsetof the year ; and I have been tempted forth into awider range of enjoyment than usual. This zca/Zc (if Imay use the Irish figure of speech called a bull) willbe a ridt\ A very dear friend has beguiled me intoaccompanying her in her pretty equipage to herbeautiful home, four miles off; and having sent forwardin the style of a running footman the servant wIkj haddriven her, she assumes the reins, and off we set. My fair companion is a person whom nature and 212 OUR V


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