Views in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire: illustrative of the works of Robert Bloomfield: accompanied with descriptions: to which is annexed a memoir of the poet's life . ^ cultivated. The whole parish isthe property of his Grace the Duke of Grafton,and lying within a mile or two of Euston Hall,experiences much of his attention. The Duke isperfectly easy of access, and lends a ready ear,and a benevolent hand, to the complaints and ne-cessities of every suitor. In this village, nearly opposite to the church,is a cottage, in which was born the Poets mother :a sycamore tree stands near the
Views in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire: illustrative of the works of Robert Bloomfield: accompanied with descriptions: to which is annexed a memoir of the poet's life . ^ cultivated. The whole parish isthe property of his Grace the Duke of Grafton,and lying within a mile or two of Euston Hall,experiences much of his attention. The Duke isperfectly easy of access, and lends a ready ear,and a benevolent hand, to the complaints and ne-cessities of every suitor. In this village, nearly opposite to the church,is a cottage, in which was born the Poets mother :a sycamore tree stands near the door: this wasplanted by her ikther, who, together with his wife,lies interred in front of the church. In the annexedview of Fakenham from the Valley, is seenthe foot bridge adverted to in the tale of 21ieBroken Crutch; and near the spot from which theview was taken is a moated eminence, formerlythe site of a mansion supposed to have been de-stroyed by O /i/y^cu, ctz/-t/v /ij> fiMi- Jt^/iciy^ i/f/tif/t/^ >./ eiij:ei • y/itn c/rttc iiiiiii ;i/ ni ni i/ );- /y/\iuxi^n . .It Til,-B-\<l.\*n ftioe i4. DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY, ^c. 39 The moat remains, the dwelling is no more ! Its name denotes its melancholy fall. For village children call the spot Burnt Hall. Several decayed trees are still existing near theinner margin of the moat; the remains of a circleof elms that, according to the Poet, once com-pletely surrounded the mansion. This he describesas the residence of one of the characters intro-duced into the tale before mentioned, and hasprobably taken up his ideas of the ancient hos-pitahty of the place from some tradition still extantin the neighbourhood: his kitchen smoke, That from the towring rookery upward broke,Of joyful import to the poor hard by,Streamd a glad sign of hospitality. The view of Fakeniiam from Euston Parkwas taken near the darksome copse that whis-pered on the hill, and pres
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