The Harvest of a Quiet Eye: Leisure Thoughts for Busy Lives

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John Richard Vernon

Preface

THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.

MUSINGS ON THE THRESHOLD.

SPRING DAYS.

MUSINGS IN A WOOD.

THE MAY-DAYS OF THE SOUL.

SUMMER DAYS.

MUSINGS IN THE HAY.

THE BEAUTY OF RAIN.

AUTUMN DAYS.

MUSINGS ON THE SEA-SHORE.

MUSINGS ON THE MOUNTAINS.

MUSINGS IN THE TWILIGHT.

WINTER DAYS.

THE END OF THE SEASONS.

UNDER BARE BOUGHS.

Transcriber's Notes

With Numerous Illustrations by
Noel Humphreys, Harrison Weir, Wimperis Pritchett, Miss Edwards,
and other eminent Artists.

THE HARVEST OF A QUIET EYE.

LEISURE THOUGHTS
FOR
BUSY LIVES.

By the Author of “My Study Chair,” “Musings,” etc.

LONDON:
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY,
56, Paternoster Row; 65, St. Paul’s Churchyard;
And 164, Piccadilly.

“The outward shows of sky and earth,
 Of hill and valley he has viewed;
 And impulses of deeper birth
 Have come to him in solitude.
“In common things that round us lie,
 Some random truths he can impart,
 —The harvest of a quiet eye
 That broods and sleeps on his own heart.”
WORDSWORTH.

 
CONTENTS.

  PAGE
The Old Year and the New 1
Musings on the Threshold 23
Spring Days 41
Musings in a Wood 63
The May-days of the Soul 85
Summer Days 101
Musings in the Hay 123
The Beauty of Rain 145
Autumn Days 161
Musings on the Sea-shore 183
Musings on the Mountains 199
Musings in the Twilight 221
Winter Days 241
The End of the Seasons 265
Under Bare Boughs 283

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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