Cove Cliff (1827)
F. C. Lewis
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | sfB/EXE 3/1827/LEW |
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SC2717
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CD 42 DVD 6
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Page, John Lloyd Warden. The rivers of Devon. London: Seeley and Co., Limited, 1893. p. 19. It is not everywhere that corntry sights and scents are so lavish as in this Exe Valley. It is not every road that is bordered by such a profusion of meadowsweet and woodruff, or every river that eddies about such water-plants. In botanical names polysyllabic I make not my boast; but I have never seen elsewhere such masses of 'wild rhubarb' (as the country-folk call it, and the name is good enough for me) as fringe the waters and backwaters of the Exe - never forget-me-nots of larger size or brighter blue. Not that we can look upon all this from the road. [
] as we draw nigh to Tiverton there are wide meadows to cross. But in these we may wander - if there be no hay-grass - at our will, and under the shadow of some spreading elm study Nature at ease if not with dignity.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
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1827