CHAPTER III
LEA HURST
Removal to Lea Hurst—Description of the House—Florence Nightingale’s Crimean Carriage preserved there.
L o! in the midst of Nature’s choicest scenes,
E mbosomed ’mid tall trees, and towering hills,
A gem, in Nature’s setting, rests Lea Hurst.
H ome of the good, the pure at heart and beautiful,
U ndying is the fame which, like a halo’s light,
R ound thee is cast by the bright presence of the holy Florence
S aint-like and heavenly. Thou hast indeed a glorious fame
T ime cannot change, but which will be eternal.