Festival of song: a series of evenings with the poets . This sketch of English pastoral life reproduces, with daguerreo-type effect, the scenes of half a century ago, before the rail-trackhad superseded the rustic country road and the slow stage-coach. The following stanza was a favorite with Dr. Chalmers :— Oh ! how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which nature to her votary yields !The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, the garniture of helcis : All that the genial ray of morning gilds,And all that echoes to the song of even— All that the mountains
Festival of song: a series of evenings with the poets . This sketch of English pastoral life reproduces, with daguerreo-type effect, the scenes of half a century ago, before the rail-trackhad superseded the rustic country road and the slow stage-coach. The following stanza was a favorite with Dr. Chalmers :— Oh ! how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which nature to her votary yields !The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, the garniture of helcis : All that the genial ray of morning gilds,And all that echoes to the song of even— All that the mountains sheltering bosom all the dread magnificence of Heaven,—Oh, how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ? Chatterton, that marvellous boy who perished in his pride,was amusing himself one day, in company with a friend, reading theepitaphs in St. Pancras Churchyard. He was so deep in thought,that as he walked on, not perceiving a grave that was just dug, hetumbled into it. His friend, observing his situation, ran to hisassistance,
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