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Thu, 09 Oct 2008
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THE WHITE THORN OF GLASTONBURY
THE WHITE THORN OF
GLASTONBURY
As the lily is the
national flower of France, so the rose is the
national flower of England, and we associate the
pine with New England history and scenery, so we
associate the oak with the scenery and history of
Old England. Yet after all it is neither the
trellised roses nor the oak groves that will first
impress the foreign visitor in England as the
prevailing characteristic of an English Landscape.
Rather it will be in the hedges of holly and
hawthorn, with its pink or white blossoms, in the
spring, and the holly with its glossy leaves,
attractive at all seasons and its red berries
lighting up the wintery road side when the blossoms
have long fallen from bush and
tree. The
hedgerows of England, how beautiful they are!
whether we see them close at hand, as we walk
between them through some narrow country lane, or
look down on them from some hillside, and see them
intersecting here and there, stretching away for
miles across the green fields and soft rolling
slopes to the misty horizon. This is my favourite
memory of England;
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