CHAPTER VI. 



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The sun upon the Wierdlaw-hill, 



In Ettrick's vale, is sinking sweet, 

 The westland wind is hush and still, 



The lake lies sleeping at my feet. 

 Yet not the landscape to mine eye 



Bears those bright hues that once it bore ; 

 Though evening, with her richest dye, 



Flatnes o'er the hills of Ettrick's shore. 

 — The quiet lake, the balmy air, 



The hill, the stream, the tower, the tree, — 

 Are they still such as once they were, 



Or is the dreary change in me?" — Scott. 



" Who are the men of history to be admired most ? Those whom 

 most things became : . . . . who could be considerate in a sick-room, 

 genial at a feast, joyous at a festival, capable of discourse with many 

 minds, large-souled, not to be shrivelled up into any one form, fashion, 

 or temperament. Their contemporaries would have told us, that men 

 might have various accomplishments and hearty enjoyments, and not for 

 that be the less effective in business, or less active in benevolence." — 

 Helps. 



