. The White hills; their legends, landscape, and poetry. eathing Slorning wind! Calleth the nightingale Loving to me from the misty vale. I come, I come; Ah! whither away! Up! Upward it draws! The clouds are hovering Downward, the clouds they Condescend to passionate yearning! Here! Here! In your embraces Upward! Embraced and embracing, Up! Up to thy bosom. All loving Father! Those that know this remarkable poem in the German will recognize,we are sure, in the rhythm and faithfulness of this version, neverpublished before, the blended delicacy and vigor of a masters have spoken on a f
. The White hills; their legends, landscape, and poetry. eathing Slorning wind! Calleth the nightingale Loving to me from the misty vale. I come, I come; Ah! whither away! Up! Upward it draws! The clouds are hovering Downward, the clouds they Condescend to passionate yearning! Here! Here! In your embraces Upward! Embraced and embracing, Up! Up to thy bosom. All loving Father! Those that know this remarkable poem in the German will recognize,we are sure, in the rhythm and faithfulness of this version, neverpublished before, the blended delicacy and vigor of a masters have spoken on a former page of the beauty of the WelchMountain, which forms the immediate background of the river viewfrom Campton village. Its general shape is extremely picturesque. 15 94 THE WHITE HILLS. Being nearly destitute of forest covering, and showing large massesof bare quartz, it presents very beautiful and striking harmonies ofthe grays with neutral hues of blue and white, and at sunrise andsunset exhibits proportional increase of splendor. The Sandwich ^^. ^i^^^S range, too, affords ample and important subjects to the dwellers inCampton for the enjoyment and study of mountain color and all lights they are picturesque if not beautiful; but there is nolimit to the softness, purity, and magnificence of color with which thesetting sun sometimes floods their broad and rugged sides. Of course the Franconia mountains form one of the leading attrac-tions in the landscape here. West Campton being the southernmostpoint in the valley from which they can be advantageously seen. As THE PEMIGEWASSET VALLEY. 96 they are visible from the meadow as well as from the hill-sides, thechoice of several different combinations of middle and foregrounds isoffered to all artists, and to those Avho love complex and proportionedbeauty in the landscapes near their summer resting-place. We haveknown artists to say that the marvellous middle ground of belt andcopse, and meadow and river, back of which t
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