16 EXCURSIONS ROUND LONDON. 



colors seem to have been expressly chosen 

 with the most benevolent intention. The 

 heavenly canopy is tinged with a fine deii- 

 oate azure, which the eye is never fatigued 

 with beholding, while the earth is adorned 

 in a livery of green. This color is every 

 where lavished with such profusion, that it 

 is impossible to mistake the intention of na- 

 ture. In the preference given to green, she, 

 doubtless, must have had in view the deli- 

 cacy of the human eye. Behold the art 

 employed in the various shades she has 

 given to that color ! It may even be affirmed, 

 that verdure changes its hue, not only 

 during each season, but during every hour 

 of the dav. 



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The verdure of spring differs from that of 

 summer and autumn, as the tint of one tree 

 differs from that of another. The verdure 

 of every plant is different.; and, from the 

 deep green of the cypress, to the pale green 

 of the willow and olive-tree, the shades are 

 innumerable. 



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