Some Old Wells Trees and Travel-Tracks of Wordsworth's Parish (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Some Old Wells Trees and Travel-Tracks of Wordsworth's Parish Old Wells Peace to the sober Matron who shall dip Her pitcher here at early dawn, ... ... to the tottering Sire For whom like service, now and then his choice, Relieves the tedious holiday of age: Thoughts raised above the Earth while here he sits Feeding on sunshine, to the blushing Girl Who here forgets her errand, nothing loth To be waylaid by her betrothed. Wordsworth. In Grasmere's widespread parish of fell and dale are many spring-wells, some of which, from their picturesqueness and associations, are worthy of protection and veneration. Pure water being essential to life and comfort, it may be inferred that right from mans first appearance upon the earth sweet fountains drew him to their brink. Here and there in the parish a well is found inside an old house, presumptive evidence that the spring was so valued as to determine the site of habitation. Before the human mind comprehended the nature of sun, moon and stars, and of thunder, lightning, cloud, fire, water and wind, these heavenly bodies and terrestrial elements and phenomena were regarded as spirits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.