LETTER LVI. 



DREAMX&ND. 



Ah ! my friend ; I am just returned from such a beautiful 

 country ! Now, will it be possible for me to remember all 

 the wonders I have there seen? 



In the first place, the trees bore fruits which exhaled un- 

 known perfumes ; some had blossoms of fire, and in these 

 flowers were bees of gold, whose humming was an enchanting 

 music. 



Scarcely had I entered these happy regions when I felt 

 the influence of the climate : I became lively and light ; I no 

 longer walked ; I flew, and perched upon the very tops of 

 the trees. 



In this land I found all that I had lost by death or forgetful- 

 ness ; I found them all living, all happy, and all loving me with 

 a delightful tenderness ; they were all young and handsome. 

 There I beheld all the things I had dreamt of, or desired, 



