A West Country Pilgrimage
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By Eden Phillpotts 10 Sep, 2020
Excerpt......East of Exe River and south of those rolling heaths crowned by the encampment of Woodberry, there lies a green valley surrounded by forest and hill. Beyond it rise great bluffs that break in precipices upon the sea. They are dimmed to sk ... Read more
Excerpt......East of Exe River and south of those rolling heaths crowned by the encampment of Woodberry, there lies a green valley surrounded by forest and hill. Beyond it rise great bluffs that break in precipices upon the sea. They are dimmed to sky colour by a gentle wind from the east, for Eurus, however fierce his message, sweeps a fair garment about him. Out of the blue mists that hide distance, the definition brightens and lesser hills range themselves, their knolls dark with pine, their bosoms rounded under a forest of golden-green oak and beech; while beneath them, a mosaic of meadow and tilth spreads in pure sunshine. One field is brushed with crimson clover; another with dull red of sorrel through the green meadow grass; another shines daisy-clad and drops to the green of wheat. Some crofts glow with the good red earth of Devon, and no growing things sprout as yet upon them, but they hold seed of roots and their hidden wealth will soon answer the rain. Less
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Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet, and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer ...
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