IG THE DAISY. 



tain-brim, saw in poet's vision, wood-nymphs, 

 decked with the simple daisy, keeping their 

 merry wakes and pastimes beside the gush- 

 ing waters. And he who hkes to visit the 

 green meadows that stretch away from the 

 ruined towers of Ludlow Castle, may see 

 the daisy on the river brink, where grew 

 her congener, when Milton walked there, 

 and when the spacious halls of the old 

 castle resounded with cheerful voices. At 

 that time the Earl of Bridgewater, Lord 

 President of Wales, presided, with regal 

 dignity ; but the halls of Ludlow Castle 

 are roofless now, and those who ruled, or 

 served witliin them, have long since laid them 

 down, for a far-off waking. Cowper, the 

 melancholy Cowper, who sought to soothe 

 the sadness that consumed him, with seek- 

 ing out the beauties and the wonders of 

 creation, noticed the simple daisy, the 

 emblem of innocence, gathered by young 



