Question
e softest part of
is nature is apt to gain the ascendancy. I rode in
dvance of the party, as we passed through the
hrubbery, and as a nook of
reen grass offered a strong temptation, I dismounted
nd lay down there. All the trees and saplings were in
ower, or budding
to fresh leaf; the red clusters of the maple-blossoms
nd the rich flowers of the Indian apple were there in
rofusion; and I was
alf inclined to regret leaving behind the land of gardens
r the rude and stern scenes of the prairie and the
ountains.
was
elaxing
challenging
maddening
vigorating