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Excerpt from The Works of Professor Wilson, Vol. 10: Of the University of Edinburgh The same heavens i More blue than any colour that tinges the flowers of earth - like the violet veins of a Virgin's bosom. The stillness of those lofty clouds makes them seem whiter than the snow. Return, 0 larki to thy grassy nest, in the furrow of the green brairded corn, for thy brooding mate can no longer hear thee soaring in the sky. Methinks there is little or no change on these coppice-woods, with their full budding branches all impatient for the spring. Yet twice have axe and bill-hook levelled them with the mossy stones, since among the broomy and briery knolls we sought the grey lin net's nest, or wondered to spy, among the rustling leaves, the robin-redbreast, seemingly forgetful Of his winter benefactor, man. Surely there were trees here in former times, that now are gone - tall, far-spreading single trees, in whose shade used to lie the ruminating cattle, with the small herd-girl asleep. Gone are they, and dimly remembered as the uncertain shadows Of dreams; yet not more forgotten than some living beings with whom our infancy and boyhood held converse - whose voices, laughter, eyes, forehead - hands so Often grasped arms linked in ours, as we danced along the braes - have long ceased to be more than images and echoes, incapable of com manding so much as one single tear. Alas l for the treachery of memory to all the holiest human affections, when beguiled by the slow but sure sorcery of time. 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.