...difficult to think of ghostly festivities in the moonlight, where may meet, as the poet says,— " Fear, and trembling Hope, Silence and Foresight, Death the skeleton, And Time the shadow." Certainly, both in the forest shade and in the churchyard yew or elm reflections on the transitoriness...

...noble growth, and form — ' ' A pillared shade, Upon whose grassless floor of red-brown hue, . . . Ghostly shapes May meet at noontide. Fear, and trembling Hope, Silence and Forethought — Death the skeleton, And Time the shadow " III. THE TREES OP THE -FOREST : SYCOMORE....

...purpose, decked With unrejoicing herries— ghostly Shapes May meet at noontide ; Fear and tremhling Hope, Silence and Foresight ; Death the Skeleton And Time the Shadow ;— there to celehrate, As in a natural temple scattered o'er With altars undisturhed of mossy stone, United worship...

...whose grassfess floor of red-brown hue, By sheadings from the pining umbrage tinged Perennially — beneath whose sable roof Of boughs, as if for festal purpose, decked With unrcjoicing berries — ghostly Shapes May mcL-t at noontide ; Fear and trembling Hope, Silence and...

...Upon whose grassless floor of red-brown By sheddings from the pining umbrage tinged Perennially — beneath whose sable roof Of boughs, as if for festal...As in a natural temple scattered o'er With altars undisturbed of mossy stone, United worship ; or in mute repose To lie, and listen to the mountain flood...

...the total impressions into such lines as these, so intensely imaginative, so profoundly true ! — " Beneath whose sable roof Of boughs, as if for festal...As in a natural temple, scattered o'er With altars undisturbed of mossy stone, United worship; or in mute repose To lie and listen to the mountain flood,...

...Beneath whose sable roof Of boughs, as if for festal purpose, decked With unrejoicing berries—ghostly shapes May meet at noontide ; Fear and trembling Hope,...As in a natural temple, scattered o'er With altars undisturbed of mossy stone, United worship ; or in mute repose To lie and listen to the mountain flood,...

...Perennially—" and so forth. Mr. Ruskin cited this fine passage for the picture, I for the personifications : " Ghostly shapes May meet at noontide, Fear and trembling...Foresight, Death the skeleton, And Time the shadow!" Both quoted the lines for different excellences, and both were right. XXXI. AMERICAN POETS. OLIVER...

...grassless floor of red-brown hue, By sheddings from the pining umbrage tinged Perennially — heneath whose sable roof Of boughs, as if for festal purpose...As in a natural temple scattered o'er With altars undisturbed of mossy stone, United worship; or in mute repose To lie ami listen to the mountain flood...

...whose grassless floor of red-brown hue, By sheddings from the pinal umbrage tinged Perennially — beneath whose sable roof Of boughs, as if for festal...As in a natural temple scattered o'er With altars undisturbed of mossy stone, United worship; or in mute repose To lie, and listen to the mountain flood...