FOREST SCENERY. 



The love of Nature works, 

 And warms the bosom ; till at last sublim'd 

 To rapture, and enthusiastic heat, 

 We feel the present Deity, and taste 

 The joy of God to see a happy world ! 



THOMSON. 



FOREST scenery is, perhaps, better adapted than 

 any other for the contemplation of the works of 

 Nature. There we may with least disturbance 

 study those objects which are generally far re- 

 moved from the haunts of men. We learn to 

 cherish those gentle thoughts, which endear many 

 a woodland walk, and afford delightful associa- 

 tions as we stroll through a sequestered nook, a 

 bushy dell, or by a " bosky bourn." We may then 

 exclaim in the beautiful language of Milton 



I I know each land, and every alley green, 

 Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood, 

 And every bosky bourn from side to side. 



In the spring and summer months, every field 

 is a wilderness of beauty, full of enjoyment. 

 Every copse or hedge-row is redolent of sweets. 

 A lesson fuU of meaning is then conveyed to us 

 with touching simplicity, proclaiming gently, but 

 irresistibly, and in cheerfulness and peace, the 



