Sinópse: Excerpt from Gwen Wynn A tourist descending the Wye by boat from the town of Hereford to the ruined Abbey of Tintern, may oh serve on its banks a small pagoda-like structure; its roof, with a portion of the supporting columns, o’er topping a spray of evergreens. It is simplya summer house, of the kiosk or pavilion pattern, standing in the ornamental grounds of a gentleman’s residence. Though placed conspicuously on an elevated point, the boat traveller obtains view of it only from a reach of the river above. When Opposite he loses sight of it a spinny Of tall poplars drawing curtain-like between him and the higher bank. These stand on an oblong island, which extends several hundred yards down the stream, formed by an Old channel, now forsaken. With all its wanderings the Wye is not suddenly capricious still, in the lapse of long ages it has here and there Changed its course, forming wits, or eyots, of which this is one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.