...the tourist's expectations too high. Bv lone St. Mary's silent lake; Thou know'st it well,—norfen nor sedge Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge; Abrupt...sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; Anil just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright...

...the other, springing from the lake's margin almost at one bound, shut in this terrestrial paradise. " Abrupt and sheer the mountains sink At once upon the level brink." Leaving Pooley Bridge by the high road, Waterfoot is passed on the right about » mile from the bridge,...

...Mary Scott, daughter of Philip Scott of Dryhope, and famous by the traditional name of the VOL. ii. 6 Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute...where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view ;a Shaggy with heath, but lonely bare, Nor tree,...

...friend Mr. Wordsworth's lines:— " The swan on sweet St. Mary's lake Floats double, swan and shadow." Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute...the level brink ; And just a trace of silver sand l Marks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline...

...settlers " go and see." It would require the aid of poetry to describe the noble Memphramagog, where " Nor fen, nor sedge Pollute the pure lake's crystal...sheer the mountains sink At once upon the level brink ; Far in the mirror bright and blue Each hill's huge outline you may view." Its scenery, in due course...

...resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, ' By lone Saint Mary's silent lake ; c Thou know'st it well — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute...crystal edge ; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink 150 At once upon the level brink ; VOL. II. C And just a trace of silver sand 152 Marks where the water...

...trout, is graphically described by Sir Walter Scott, in his " Marmion." "Lone St. Mary's silent lake. Nor fen nor sedge Pollute the pure lake's crystal...; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the waters meet the laud, For in the mirror bright and blue Each hill's huge outline you may view, Shaggy...

...mingled sentiment, Twixt resignation anil content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone St Mary's silent lake ;' Thou know'st it well,— nor fen, nor...sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge ; Abrupt anil sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink; And just a trace of silver sand' Marks...

...yet beheld them, that the picture they present is as true to nature as it is exquisitely expressed. ' Nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal...where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view ; Shaggy with heath, but lonely, bare, Nor tree,...

...his " Brownie of Bodsbeck." 400 row, which here (16 miles from Moffat) passes into ST. MABY'S LOCH. " nor fen nor sedge Pollute the pure lake's crystal...where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright and blue, Each hill's huge outline you may view ; Shaggy with heath, but lonely hare. Nor tree,...