The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-06-16
The Lake-Country in England--Ha 1T
ley Coleridge and wordsworth.

The following sketch, by n Pedes
trian" of one of the pleasant places O
England, we find in an English paper:
There is a strange, yet natural fascin.
alton about the homes and the haunts o.
the men of genius, to which it is mos
delightful to resign oneself; the very air
that brcathes around them seems not like
other air; the peace that pervadcs then
seems fuller and deeper and more perfect
than other peace; the trees are greener
and Of fuller foliage the skies are bluer
and sunlight softer and we feel sub
DUNG sense of awe and rcverance steal
over us, for truly the places are holy. and
the spot whereon we are standing hal.
lowed ground. Descending the mount
we pursue our way upon the high road
along the margin of the Rydal Mcre--a
dminutive butexquistely beautiful sheet
of water--to Nab Cottage, seated mid
way along the lake and upon its banks.
We are kindly received by its inhabitants,
and arc hes 1itably entertained in the
very room occupied by poor HARTLEY Col
cridgc Hartley Colcridgc All how
little did we think. many years ago,when
we mrs. he"ru 'ilat name casually anu az
.i''' Vi ono 81 'no s'ii"'ici Try u ,i'e'a-
ian watcrs-and. subsequently, when
very occasionally we met the name as
that Of newspaper contributor, and
were not. we must confess, much inter
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"iro"h uPo" ms granite iorei,cuu "hici
even .l,c Pc"coiui peaasy ol 'he scene
ocnea,h MN seems ,lsuincleh' 70 appease
a suu1eii 'ur,i III 'h1 ioau' "n'ch wihu' VI
pene''" nign oanns' ,:s' or'ngs US 10 uras
i ncre-a peau''iu' iIhe; cohs,pern1i. 70
larscr ana "'upr .si ti,',' hyuai' Mrs, y lie
lnalS' N nei oGau'Iiui sos'ic'' s'yieS uraS
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appra"'!on . 4uS' .h aIpropila'c NO, ips
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vonuenu .:' Nv i"he, 'e anu .nc N'Ii"so wiz
,'S unoo'r uSiNo w. ',ousco ~ u prayer he can
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- most soo,Iino pass;nr alono tbo ma,
- "i''S '"e -, ~"
: Sln OF the la-ie, we come to the villag
= anu 'nc chulc'i' anu entering 'he churcl
o. y"iu' las' WI oNci ~" er"ssy Sra'es'
!. uno rr'i'eu oorner' "nerc' oSe'si,auo"e
y ioli"So' iioS 'ne s'S'o oi " oTus"or''
q "A s'n'pie grass mount WIN pam hea'
q S'oI'e' "ncreoh - inloiipeu name "'l
/. i'c'nn'S 'hVr1 IL 10 'iius 'ha' 'ilis sP'
e oi srounu' py many ueeiheu " sacre
If SPo', Is u'sti''su's,iea from ,he rest
}. 'io'lcr . eartn' auu II Is wen that II Is 5
IS A'1uiiu !, ciuS'ei many nousei'ciu grave
n . anu one 'nel1 ,s u peeu'ilr interest C,
II .i'"s Vi pJo' ,i"l'iey Go'oriose' Oio'
=. " noMS 'iic iiNer' anu i's inusica, niu
ID lnur s'nhs Soi'i9 anu s"ec'!y INTO .ne SO
,s u tne PliSr''n' i"rioi'l@ii'S WIN u
!. spirit oi 'ne scene neePen''lg It's seer
# SION anu cicnahc'ng us r1pose'
Il one thihg Una, particularly strikes
lo "' 'he Z rave oi W oousWor'h Is inc a
= preparedness oi 'he Piace-the appr
. pria'eness oil ,he place Tor .he last
,a pose OF one whose way OF lie was who
,T " with nature one TO whom
II Blank ocean and mere sky sustained tn
to uii mood 81, A.. ,.o. ..,o.
of - ""'','' WI" VI, 'V'''' '''''',"'' '''' 'o"'
# one who' OF all .he sons oil song, is p
m ~ emlnetiy the poet OF nature How
SO pugnant TO all our Ideas OF truth wou
"r 1t be-how annoying ana vexatious'
70 were 1t so ordered that we should n
n. the 'o'no oi W ordswor'h anna 'he cio
Ir ers ana MASSIVE aisies OF some dine
bc eity,girt cathedral what mockery,