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deliglit in the purest air of heaven, or 

 such as open to the sun while their roots 

 are bathed in the stream. The globe-flower, 

 as just noticed, was one of these, mingled 

 with marsh-marigolds, bog pimpernels, large 

 flowered willow herbs and Klies of the val- 

 ley, luxuriant as those which grow on the 

 bank, and among the eddies of a rivulet 

 that flows beside the rocky pathway, leading 

 from Harlech's ruined tower. Other flowers 

 were likewise seen in the same wild spot. 

 Here and there bright blossoms of the 

 gorse still lingered ; heaths grew in all their 

 beauty and luxuriance, the bright yellow 

 stone-crop covered large masses of broken 

 stones ; the eye-bright and heart's-ease, those 

 delicate little flowers which, like true hap- 

 piness, seem to rejoice in being concealed, 

 were half hidden among tufts of grass ; the 

 lesser bind-weed entwined the scarlet stalks 

 of the red sorrel, like a thyrsus of li\'ing 



