Roughing It In The Bush, By Susanna Moodie











































































































































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  But one stood beside me whose presence repress'd
  The deep pang of sorrow that troubled my breast;
  And the babe - Page 88
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But One Stood Beside Me Whose Presence Repress'd The Deep Pang Of Sorrow That Troubled My Breast; And The Babe

On my bosom so calmly reclining, Check'd the tears as they rose, and all useless repining. Hard indeed was the

Struggle, from thee forced to roam; But for their sakes I quitted both country and home.

Bless'd Isle of the Free! I must view thee no more; My fortunes are cast on this far-distant shore; In the depths of dark forests my soul droops her wings; In tall boughs above me no merry bird sings; The sigh of the wild winds - the rush of the floods - Is the only sad music that wakens the woods.

In dreams, lovely England! my spirit still hails Thy soft waving woodlands, thy green, daisied vales. When my heart shall grow cold to the mother that bore me, When my soul, dearest Nature! shall cease to adore thee, And beauty and virtue no longer impart Delight to my bosom, and warmth to my heart, Then the love I have cherish'd, my country, for thee, In the breast of thy daughter extinguish'd shall be.

CHAPTER V

OUR FIRST SETTLEMENT, AND THE BORROWING SYSTEM

To lend, or not to lend - is that the question?

"Those who go a-borrowing, go a-sorrowing," saith the old adage; and a wiser saw never came out of the mouth of experience. I have tested the truth of this proverb since my settlement in Canada, many, many times, to my cost; and what emigrant has not?

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