And milder worth: nor need we travel far
From those to whom our last regards were paid,
For such example.
"Almost at the root
Of that tall pine, the shadow of whose bare
And slender stem, while here I sit at eve,
Oft stretches toward[672] me, like a long straight path
Traced faintly in the greensward; there, beneath
A plain blue stone, a gentle Dalesman lies,[673]
From whom, in early childhood, was withdrawn