OAKS AND BLUE GLADES 



Such kind people to walk about the garden with ! They 

 have themselves a mysterious Oak wood, falling away 

 beneath their lawns, that is now carpeted with Bluebells : 

 a place to sit and dream in. Oaks are trees full of romance, 

 we think. They tell long stories out of the past, and speak 

 of Shakespeare and the glories of England, and their glades 

 are for ever peopled with brave figures of history or 

 fiction. 



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