Under the trees . (>( llu I rocs skirl (Ik- btnJcis ot Ilk brook loilcn-J Ivtwccii its,i;tc(.ii aiul slopiiii; ;iikl broke in linybillows oviT Ilk siuoolli sloikS (li;il l;i\ ini(s bcJ ; I ho i;rivv ikiiscr as IadvaiRwl, aiui a dcliiious coolness Iroin IhcJepllis of llu woods louclk\l llic Sllltl\ vmalniospiuii. A monk-iil laliT, and i sloodwilliiii ilk ,i;liii. ilk- woikl ol humanaiiivily had vanished, shut out ol si,i;liland souiul by the tieipeuin^ lolia,i;e i»l thetrees Ivhind me. ()veihead hardly a leafstirred, but the branehini^ boui^hs spread

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Under the trees . (>( llu I rocs skirl (Ik- btnJcis ot Ilk brook loilcn-J Ivtwccii its,i;tc(.ii aiul slopiiii; ;iikl broke in linybillows oviT Ilk siuoolli sloikS (li;il l;i\ ini(s bcJ ; I ho i;rivv ikiiscr as IadvaiRwl, aiui a dcliiious coolness Iroin IhcJepllis of llu woods louclk\l llic Sllltl\ vmalniospiuii. A monk-iil laliT, and i sloodwilliiii ilk ,i;liii. ilk- woikl ol humanaiiivily had vanished, shut out ol si,i;liland souiul by the tieipeuin^ lolia,i;e i»l thetrees Ivhind me. ()veihead hardly a leafstirred, but the branehini^ boui^hs spreada marvellous rool between the heavens aikl(he woodland paths, aiul sulTered only astray llash ol lii^ht here and thiie to strikeIhrou^i^h. As I advanced slowly aloni; thewell-worn path beside the brook, the ,^len,i;rew more and more narrow, the hillsidesmore ,ukl more precipitous. In the dusk\lii;ht silled d()wn through the ^i^reatfrees 1 felt (he delicious relief of low tonesalter the ,ulaie of the sununer

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