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an omission, both in coming and going, in not 

 calling your attention to it, to the churchyard 

 on one side of the road, and the clergyman's 

 dwelling on the other, for they are the scene 

 of Wordsworth's beautiful and pathetic poem, 

 " The Brothers." 



AMICUS. Both in going and returning, I had 

 a passing glance at them. In the churchyard 

 I observed some grave-stones. Are they of 

 later date than that affecting poem ? For, if 

 I recollect rightly, it is mentioned therein, as 

 denoting the simple primitive manners of the 

 people the natives of this secluded district 

 that grave-stones were not used here. 



PISCATOK. True : the poet's words are, 



" In our churchyard 

 Is neither epitaph nor monument ; 

 Tombstone nor name only the turf we tread ; 

 And a few natural graves." 



But in this particular he idealised : as I before 

 said, grave-stones are to be met with in every 

 burying-ground of the district, however wild its 

 situation and primitive the manner of the 

 people. In a note to the poem, the author 

 mentions that "it was intended to conclude 

 a series of pastorals, the scene of which was 





