Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . tural wood. The best views are obtained from the glen roadascending to the fall. Brewer * thought the Devils Glen one of the most ro-mantic objects in an island fertile of subjects for the inspiration of romance. ^^ Impending rocks and moun-tains and a river flowingthrough a narrow channelform the striking featuresof this favorite locality. Ithas beauties peculiarly
Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . tural wood. The best views are obtained from the glen roadascending to the fall. Brewer * thought the Devils Glen one of the most ro-mantic objects in an island fertile of subjects for the inspiration of romance. ^^ Impending rocks and moun-tains and a river flowingthrough a narrow channelform the striking featuresof this favorite locality. Ithas beauties peculiarly itsown, and the same writeron the picturesque in natu-ral scenery thinks it ismarked by some combina-tions of pictorial objects inwhich wood, rock, andwater are blended in formsunknown in either the Dargle or Glen of the Downs. Other English writersare equally enthusiastic in acknowledging its beauty— with its roaring river,its huge precipices, its circuitous paths, and the noble and graceful fallthat seems a crown of glory to its head. A distinguished Spaniard, Dr. Lorenzo Villanueva, has celebrated this glen in an ode, in which, afteralluding to the most noted and charming places of his native land, he says :. Entrance to the Devils Glen. But I, mid the bosky shadows Of the Devils Glen, defy the splendorOf all earths mounts and a perfect peace doth lend herCharms supreme—there laughters hushed and grief itself grows tender.! * Beauties of Ireland, by J. N. Brewer, 2 vols., Lond. Mas yo con el sombrio Bosque de Devils Glen y su bastidaAl orbe desafio ; Do reina una cumplidaPaz, hierve el gozo v el pesar se olvida. 98 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. Than Pindus, theme of poets, Leafier this vale; than Pimplea clearerIts crystal waves that sow itsBreast with diamond gleams, and here areSilvery sands and pebbles bright than which theres nothing dearer. Midway in the glen, at a suitably chosen spot a sort of rustic temple has beenerected, which is equally a
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