Literary by-paths in old England . rs modest mansion rose. And no sooner does the mind assent to theaccuracy of Goldsmiths description of the out-ward setting of the house than memory offersher aid to the imagination in an effort to callup again some of the scenes which passed withinits walls : His house was known to all the vagrant train —He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain;The long-remembered beggar was his guest,Whose beard, descending, swept his aged breast;The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud,Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ;The broken soldier, kindl
Literary by-paths in old England . rs modest mansion rose. And no sooner does the mind assent to theaccuracy of Goldsmiths description of the out-ward setting of the house than memory offersher aid to the imagination in an effort to callup again some of the scenes which passed withinits walls : His house was known to all the vagrant train —He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain;The long-remembered beggar was his guest,Whose beard, descending, swept his aged breast;The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud,Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ;The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay,Sat by his fire, and talked the night away,Wept oer his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done,Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were with his guests, the good man learned to glow,And quite forgot their vices in their woe;Careless their merits or their faults to scan,His pity gave ere charity began. This house must have been a spacious one fora Protestant village parson in Ireland. It stands 164 I. IN OLD ENGLAND back some two hundred yards from the road, andis approached by a broad avenue of springy grass,bordered with fine old trees. Five windows andtwo stories give hints of ample accommodation,and the walls are so stoutly made that the build-
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