BREEZE ON BEACHY HEAD ^^s* 



washed by wind and rain, sun-dried and dew- 

 scented, is a couch prepared with thyme to rest 

 on. Discover some excuse to be up there al- 

 ways, to search for stray mushrooms they will 

 be stray, for the crop is gathered extremely early 

 in the morning or to make a list of flowers and 

 grasses ; to do anything, and, if not, go always 

 without any pretext. Lands of gold have been 

 found, and lands of spices and precious merchan- 

 dise j but this is the land of health. 



There is the sea below to bathe in, the air of 

 the sky up hither to breathe, the sun to infuse the 

 invisible magnetism of his beams. These are the 

 three potent medicines of nature, and they are 

 medicines that by degrees strengthen not only 

 the body but the unquiet mind. It is not neces- 

 sary to always look out over the sea. By strolling 

 along the slopes of the ridge a little way inland 

 there is another scene where hills roll on after hills 

 till the last and largest hides those that succeed 

 behind it. 



Vast cloud-shadows darken one, and lift their 

 veil from another; like the sea, their tint varies 

 with the hue of the sky over them. Deep nar- 

 row valleys lanes in the hills draw the foot- 

 steps downwards into their solitude, but there is 

 always the delicious air, turn whither you will, 

 and there is always the grass, the touch of which 

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