...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....

...affording glimpses of many a glade worthy of an artist's study. At length we reached a slippery slope, ' whose grassless floor of red-brown hue ' ' by sheddings from the pining umbrage was tinged perennially.' And down it we had to slide, slip, or stumble, catching at any fir-stem or...

...affording glimpses of many a glade worthy of an artist's study. At length we reached a slippery slope, ' whose grassless floor of red-brown hue' ' by sheddings from the pining umbrage was tinged perennially.' And down it we had to slide, slip, or stumble, catching at any fir-stem or...

...threaten the profane ; — a pillared shade, Upon whose grassfess floor of red-brown hue, By sheadings from the pining umbrage tinged Perennially — beneath...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...

...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...

...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...

...the total impressions into such lines as these, so intensely imaginative, so profoundly true ! — " Beneath whose sable roof Of boughs, as if for festal purpose, decked With unrejoicing herries — ghostly shapes May meet at noontide; Fear and trembling Hope, Silence and Foresight; Death...

...convolved ; Nor uniformed with Phantasy, and looks That threaten the profane ; a pillared shade, Upon whose grassless floor of red-brown hue, By sheddings from the pining umbrage tinged Perenially, — beneath whose sable roof Of boughs, as if for festal purpose decked With unrejoicing...

...convolved ; Nor uninformed with fantasy, and looks That threaten the profane; a pillared shade, Upon whose grassless floor of redbrown hue, By sheddings...decked With unrejoicing berries, ghostly shapes May mcd at noontide; Fear, and trembling Hope, Silence, and Foresight; Death the Skeleton, And Time the...