"VVIiat is n forest luif n city of naiurL-'s own, full of liar.ly ami itinocuous 

 livini; Il1ill^;^, wlK'tr tlii-re is iKHliiiij; .k-ad aiut tiotliiiiK ma.l..- with tlic han.is, l.i.t 

 tlu- lili/ctis thfiiisclvi's ;irr 1 Ik: lioiiscs and public iiioniiiiUTils.' I'Ik-Tc is iiotliiii;; 



mn. 1> .ilivr ,inJ vcl s„,|UK-t as a woo.llaiui: am) ii [.air of pcopk-. swinninj! I'asi 

 ill ramie's, ii^i l vi r\ md.iII ,triil iiustliiif; In' lOinparisoii. 



'■■1 wisli <nir wav liail alwavs lain anuiiit; wc.rt.ls. Tn-fS ;irL- the most civil 

 society. An oW oak thai !.:.> hr.ii timwinu xvlx-rc hf stands since before the 

 Reformat io.i. laller than ntanv s|.,r<-, siafk than the ^real.T part of tnoun- 



tnins, mul v.t i. livinu tinn,, h.,hk- u, s„ knc-s an.! .k-a.h, like von an,i n,e ;-is not 

 that in itself a speaking ksson n, historv' Uni .ktcs on acres (till of snch patri- 

 archs con^i^nonslv rnntd, rh.n ^rern tops l>,llowinn in the win.l, their sti.Uvart 

 Vonni;lmi;s pnshiim i.p ahont ihcir knees; a whole forest, healthy an.l heantifnl. 

 Hivini; lolnur to ilie huhl, uivinc pcrtnine to (he air; what is this hut the most 

 iiupusini; picic 111 II. nine's te|HTinn ,' 



"lint, iiiilc< il. n is nut sn nun h lor its heaiitv tliat the forest makes a claim 

 upon nun's hcn.s, a- toi iha. -nhtk snmerlnn^. that .piMity of the air, that 

 eniaiialuHi frnni ilic nl,l lu e, thai s.. woii.l.TlnlK > han^es an. I renews a weary 

 spirit." ■ K"in t! I I i>i I- I > I ^-11^- 



■'Like two c.uhe.lral lowers, tliesr stately (lines 



Uplift their iretteil smnniits lippeil with tones: 

 The an h heiieatli tlieiu is not Imih ^^■ith stones, 

 Not Art, l>iit Nature, traced tlies.- loveK lines, 

 Anil carved this graceful arahesipic of vines; 



No or^aii lint the wind here sii;hs and moans. 

 No sepulchre conceals a martyr's bones. 

 No marble bishop on his tomh reclines. 

 Enter! the pavement, carpeted with k-aves, 



Gives hack a softened e> lio to ihv tread! 

 Listen! tlie choir is sin^nij; ; all the liirds, 

 In leafv •zMcti^-^ beneath the eaves, 



Ale sini^ini;' listen, etc (he sm.nd be fled, 

 liMrn there ni;iv he worship withoiK words," 



" The cr.ues ivci<- (n.ds first temples, V rc man learned 

 To hew the shall, and l.iv ihe at. hitrave. 



And sptea.i (he ro..l above tlieni,- <re lie framed 

 The l..ft\ vault, to e.nlicr and r.,11 ba.k 

 I he sound ot aiiiliems, in the darkhnt; wood. 



Amidst the coo! and silence, he kiiett down 



And offered to the MiKhtiest solemn tlianks 



And supplication." . — Bbvast. 



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The barrcnniJiS o( a house without trees 



