Happy England as painted by Helen Allingham, R.W.S (1903)
Huish, Marcus Bourne, 1845-1921, Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926 · London : A. and C. Black · leaf 296
id Fallen Leaf to Fading Leaf, A heavy foot went by, an hour ago; Crushd into clay, I stain the way; The loud wind calls me, and I cannot go. The name Night-Jar, by which this lane isknown, is unusual, and probably points to its havingbeen a favourite hunting-ground for a seldom-seenvisitant, for… … i ■^3^Ji j^f^- THE WOODS, THE LANES, AND THE FIELDS 117 if, as he records, it commences its jar, or note, everyevening so exactly at the close of day that itcoincided to a second with the report—which hecould distinguish in summer—of the Portsmouthevening gun. Night-jars are most deceptive in their…
Watercolor painting -- Great Britain · England -- Pictorial works
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