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good & quiet—& this bright mellow October weather around us—I am now off for a couple of hours on the river
The river & bay get more & more beautiful, under these splendid September skies, the green waves & white
Last night I was out late—the scene on the river was heavenly—the sky clear, & the moon shining her brightest—I
most dewy sentiments and kindly human feelings, like the cool and rapid rushing of a mountain-born river
What rivers are these? what forests and fruits are these?
your own shape and countenance—persons, substances, beasts, the trees, the running rivers, the rocks
From my large open window I have an extensive view of sky, Potomac river, hills & fields of Virginia,
alias Trombley, from the Light House Reservation of the United States at the mouth of the Saginaw river
East river.