And, lifting up his head, he then would gaze On the more distant scene,how lovely 'tis Thou seest,and he would gaze till it became 35 Far lovelier, and his heart could not sustain The beauty, still more beauteous!

The world within that garden-fence is not the same weary and dusty world with which we outside mortals are conversant; it is a finer, lovelier, more harmonious Nature; and the Great Mother lends herself kindly to the gardener's will, knowing that he will make evident the half-obliterated traits of her pristine and ideal beauty, and allow her to take all the credit and praise to herself.

It was just such an evening as yester eveninga little softer, a little lovelier, perhaps; earth, sea, and sky appeared like an exquisite vision upon whose lips there is fragrance, yet in whose eyes a glow of passion still survives.