Their vast trunks, which three men hand in hand could scarcely
span, were marked with many a scar, and their broad branches, waving to
the winds, inspired into the pious and the virtuous that religious awe,
which is one of the principal lessons of the Druidical religion.
At no great distance, and close on one side to the majestic grove, was a
terrace, raised by the hand of art, so elevated, as to overlook the tops
of the trees as well as the turrets of the castle, and to afford a
complete prospect of all the grounds on this side the precipices. To
this terrace the attendants of Imogen led their charge, and from it she
surveyed the farms and granges of their lord. The view was diversified
by a number of little rills, that flowed down from the mountains, and
gave fertility and cheerfulness to the fields through which they passed.
The inclosures were some of them covered with a fine and rich herbage,
whose appearance was bright and verdant, and its surface besprinkled
with cowslips, king-cups, and daisies. Others of them were interspersed
with sheep that exhibited the face of sleekness and ease, their fleeces
large and ponderous, and their wool of the finest and most admirable
texture. Elsewhere you might see the cattle grazing.
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