Excerpt from Atheneum or Spirit of the English Magazines, 1822, Vol. 10 When is the aspect which Nature wears The loveliest and dearest Say, is it in Spring? When its blossoms the apple-tree beauteously bears, And birds on each spray are beginning to sing Or is it in Summer's fervid pride When the foliage is leafy on every side, And tempts us at noon in the green-wood to bide, And list to thg wild bird's warbling Lovely is Nature in seasons like these But lovelier when flutumn's tints are spread On the landscape round and the wind-swept trees Their shady honours reluctantly shed When the bright sun sheds a watery beam On the changing leaves and the glistening stream; Like smiles on a sorrowing cheek, that gleam When its woes and cares for a moment are fled. B. Barton. 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.