SIXTH DAY. 167 



take for example " climb," a word in which 

 the vowel is sounded like i in him. Spenser 

 thus uses it, and, at a later period, George 

 Withers, a Hampshire man, pronounced it 

 in like manner, as we may suppose by the 

 lines : 



" He 's a fool that basely dallies 



Where each peasant mates with him ; 

 Shall I haunt the thronged valleys, 

 When there 's noble hills to climb ! " 



But the subject cannot be discussed in a 

 walk like this. See, the hills are clearing, 

 and the haze of morning is dispersing. 



" Ye mists and exhalations that now rise 

 From hill or steamy lake, dusky or grey, 

 Till the sun paints your fleecy skirts with gold, 

 In honour to the world's great Author rise. 

 Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, 

 Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers ; 

 Rising or falling, still advance His praise." 



People may descant in raptures on those 

 sunny climes where a single cloud is some- 

 times not seen for weeks together, but give 

 me, with all its occasional discomforts, the 



