O - - O - - O - - O - - O - - O -
This is the forest primeval, the murmuring pines and the hemlocks,
"The measure lends itself easily to the lingering melancholy which
marks a greater part of the poem."
"In reading there should be a gentle labor of the former half of the
line and gentle acceleration of the latter half."--_Scudder_.
[Illustration: NOVA SCOTIA AND VICINITY.]