Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . e sunbeargs dance,Better tl]a3-| tlrje flash of sabre, ©r ttje gleam of larjce !Strike ! witlg every blow is giver) Freer sur) ar)d sky ;i^rjd the long-hid earth) to Igeaven Iiooks with wonderirjg eye ! • Ljoud behirjd us grow tl]e rguprqups©f tbje age to conge ;Clang of sngith), and tread of faprrjePS, ?©eaping hapvest horqe !^ere hep vipgin lap v^itlr) treasures Sljall the gpeer) eaptlg fill,Waving wheat ar)d golder) ngaize-eapsCrown tl


Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . e sunbeargs dance,Better tl]a3-| tlrje flash of sabre, ©r ttje gleam of larjce !Strike ! witlg every blow is giver) Freer sur) ar)d sky ;i^rjd the long-hid earth) to Igeaven Iiooks with wonderirjg eye ! • Ljoud behirjd us grow tl]e rguprqups©f tbje age to conge ;Clang of sngith), and tread of faprrjePS, ?©eaping hapvest horqe !^ere hep vipgin lap v^itlr) treasures Sljall the gpeer) eaptlg fill,Waving wheat ar)d golder) ngaize-eapsCrown tl]e beeclgen hjill. 240 MOTTOES FOR CHAPTER XVII. In our J^orthland, wild ar|d woody, Lxet us gfcill have part ;Hugged rjupse ar|d rgothep sturdy, |-iold us to fcl^y heart ! Whittier : TAe Lum5er?naft. W^e live ir) the begt gylvarj society; -we have tl^e er)treeof tbje soirees of tl-)e Pines, the Bln^s, tb)e ^sljes, ar)d the©aks,— the oldest and highest families. Ixodes A mbresiancB, LXV. Thje woods I oh), golenQn are the boundless wood§©f this great western -world I Mrs. Hzmans. Y^e. fleetV) algo as a shjado-w, aijd cor]tinuetl] rjot.


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