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the vast forests of America,, the greater va- 

 riety of trees; and the greater effect of climate, 

 conspiring to render them in decay gorgeous 

 and beautiful beyond description. 



The woods ! oh solemn are the boundless woods 

 Of the great western World in their decline. 



HEMANS. 



And solemn too are our own. The dark and 

 glossy acorns lie scattered in profusion on the 

 ground, the richly coloured and veined horse- 

 chesnuts glow in the midst of their rugged and 

 spiny shells, which have burst open by their fall 

 among the deep and well-defined circle of 

 " broad, palmy leaves," that seem to have been 

 shed at once. The host of birds enjoy a plenti- 

 ful feast of beech-nuts in the tree-tops : and 

 the squirrels beneath them, ruddy as the fallen 

 leaves amongst which they rustle, and full of 

 life and archness, are a beautiful sight. 



THE GREENWOOD. 



The green-wood ! the green-wood ! what bosom but allows 

 The gladness of the charm that dwells in thy pleasant whis- 

 pering boughs. 



How often in this weary world, I pine and long to flee, 

 And lay me down, as I was wont, under the greenwood-tree. 



