their features change with the changing year. In the 

 spring-time the grateful eye may rest on some, smiling in 

 verdurous freshness, where you may watch groups of sportive 

 lambs, full of exuberant frolic, engaged in mimic fight, or 

 see them racing together run 



"Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, 

 Where every molehill is a bank of thyme ; " 



while in others may be seen the plough-boy, with measured 

 precision turning over the green lea in long straight furrows, 

 the sound of his voice, as he cheers his docile team, falling 

 in harmony with all around. In summer come the busy 

 hay-makers, and their merry laugh rings pleasantly in your 

 ears, as you enjoy the sweet fragrance of the new made hay. 

 In autumn, the golden grain undulates to the breeze, or is 

 being cut down by the ruthless reapers. While in winter 

 the frost bespangles the branches in the hedge-rows, and the 

 long grass, where any remains, shines like a silvery spear ; 

 or, nature, pitying the condition of the naked landscape, 

 brings from her wardrobe a covering of snow, and throws 

 over the whole scene a gleaming robe of immaculate 

 whiteness. 



One advantage which this lane possesses, is, that you may 

 comfortably walk to and fro in it in nearly all seasons. For 

 a considerable portion of its length it is enclosed by high 

 hedges, which afford a winter's shelter and a summer's 

 shade. Not far from one end is planted my humble 

 dwelling, and near to the other are the ivy-clad ruins of an 

 ancient hall. When I walk through it in one direction, 

 I see these relics of a by-gone age, and when I pass in the 

 other, 1 have the attractive vision of my own sweet home. 

 Gloomy reflections on the dim past, are followed and 



