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Here is the old, old garden, and although the ephemeral blossoms of the present springtime shine brightly forth, the box, full twenty feet high, speaks of another epoch. Foxgloves lean against the "pleached alley," and roses clamber on a wall that doubtless bore the weight of their first progenitors. HERE IS THE OLD OLD GARDEN AND ALTHOUGH THE EPHEMERAL BLOSSOMS OF THE PRESENT SPRINGTIME SHINE BRIGHTLY FORTH THE BOX FULL TWENTY FEET HIGH SPEAKS OF ANOTHER EPOCH FOXGLOVES LEAN AGAINST THE PLEACHED ALLEY AND ROSES CLAMOR ON A WALL THAT DOUBTLESS BORE THE WEIGHT OF THEIR FIRST PROGENITORS
w the old country Heigh Waye to the top of Unquity (now Milton) Hill, we will find the place he chose, although the house he built has gone and another stands in its place. Fairly near the road, it overlooked a rolling green meadow (a meadow which, by the gift of John Murray Forbes, will always be kept open), with a flat green marsh at its feet and the wide flat twist of the Neponset River winding through it, for all the world like a decorative panel by Puvis de Chavannes. One can see a bit of the North Shore and Boston Harbor from here. This is the view that the Governor so admired, and tradition tells us that when he was forced to return to England he walked on foot down the hill, shaking hands with his neighbors, patriot and Tory alike, with tears in his eyes as he left behind him the garden and the trees he had planted, and the house where he had so happily lived. Although the view from the front of the house is exquisite, the view from the back holds even more intimate attraction. NEPONSET RIVER IF WE FOLLOW THE OLD COUNTRY HIGHWAY TO THE TOP OF UNQUIDIE NOW MILTON HILL WE WILL FIND THE PLACE HE CHOSE ALTHOUGH THE HOUSE HE BUILT HAS GONE AND ANOTHER STANDS IN ITS PLACE FAIRLY NEAR THE ROAD IT OVERLOOKED A ROLLING GREEN MEADOW A MEADOW WHICH BY THE GIFT OF JOHN MURRAY FORBES WILL ALWAYS BE KEPT OPEN WITH A FLAT GREEN MARSH AT ITS FEET AND THE WIDE FLAT TWIST OF THE NEPONSET RIVER WINDING THROUGH IT FOR ALL THE WORLD LIKE A DECORATIVE PANEL BY PEVE DE CHANVAIS ONE CAN SEE A BIT OF THE NORTH SHORE AND BOSTON HARBOR FROM HERE THIS IS THE VIEW THAT THE GOVERNOR SO ADMIRED AND TRADITION TELLS US THAT WHEN HE WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO ENGLAND HE WALKED ON FOOT DOWN THE HILL SHAKING HANDS WITH HIS NEIGHBORS PATRIOT AND TORY ALIKE WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES AS HE LEFT BEHIND HIM THE GARDEN AND THE TREES HE HAD PLANTED AND THE HOUSE WHERE HE HAD SO HAPPILY LIVED ALTHOUGH THE VIEW FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS EXQUISITE THE VIEW FROM THE BACK HOLDS EVEN MORE INTIMATE ATTRACTION
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