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Page 105:-
on, the last gleam of sunshine fading away on the hill tops, the
deep serene of the waters, and the long shadows of the mountains
thrown across them, till they nearly touched the hithermost
shore. At a distance were heard the murmurs of many water-falls
not audible in day time; I wished for the moon, but she was dark
to me and silent,
'Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.'
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station, Swinside
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STATION V. This view is seen to much greater advantage from the
side of Swinside, a little before sun-set, where the vale and
both the lakes are in full view, with the whole extent of rocky
shore at the upper, and the flextures of the lower lake. And when
the last beams of the sun rest on the purple summit of Skiddaw,
and the deep shade of Wythop's wooded brows is stretched over the
lake, the effect is amazingly great.
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station, Fawe Park
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STATION VI. From Swinside continue the walk by Foe-park. This is
a sweet evening walk, and had the sun shone out, Mr. Gray would
have perceived his mistake in being here in the morning. 'October
5,' he writes, 'I walked through the meadows and corn-fields to
the Derwent, and crossing it, went up How-hill; it looks along
Bassenthwaite-water, and sees at the same time the
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gazetteer links
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-- station, Crow Park
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-- station, Fawe Park
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-- station, Swinside
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