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Tt was not however from this consideration alone that it is introduced in these pages, but also froma desire on 
the part of the author to pay a tribute of well-deserved respect to the memory of so excellent and accomplished a 
man, as the late Rev. William Gilpm ; who after fulfilling his duties in the most exemplary manner for twenty 
years, as the rector of the parish of Boldre, chose for his last resting-place this sweet sequestered spot, amidst the 
scenes he so much loved, and has so well described: thus realizing the wish of Bloomfield, that favoured, though 
lowly votary of the rural Muse, 
“Q Heaven permit that I may lie 
Where o’er my course green branches wave ; 
And those who from life’s tumults fly, 
With kindred feelings press my grave.” 
Nor can a work professing to illustrate Forest Scenery, and to draw the attention of the reader to the pure and 
exalted pleasures which a love of nature inspires, conclude the portion of it which belongs to England better than 
with a tribute of respect to a name so connected with its subject, and adorned with so many virtues as that of 
GILPIN. 
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