The Church, here, is from its diminutiveness, quite an object of curiosity; and the stranger will also notice THE WELL, on the road-side; but the Villa and Cottage are both secluded from public view.
"Here lawns, and groves, and op'ning prospects break
With sweet surprize upon the wand'ring eye:—
While through romantic scenes and hanging woods.
And valleys green, and rocks, and hollow dales,
We rove enchanted."
The scenery of St. Lawrence is a singular union of the cultivated with the wild and romantic—a pleasing interchange of the elegance of splendid retirement with the unobtrusive dwellings of laboring peasants, scattered amidst sheltering groves and ivy-covered rocks. Here the Rt. Hon. Earl Yarborough has ...
"A country-cottage—near a chrystal flood,
A winding valley, and a lofty wood;"