A sad history! It is no wonder that he gives so melancholy a picture of human life." Save for Mrs.Crabbe's broken health and increasing melancholy, the four years at Glemham were among the most peaceful and happiest of Crabbe's life.

His son grows eloquent over the elegance of the house and the natural beauties of its situation.

"A small well-wooded park occupied the whole mouth of the glen, whence, doubtless, the name of the village was derived.

In the lowest ground stood the commodious mansion; the approach wound down through a plantation on the eminence in front.

The opposite hill rose at the back of it, rich and varied with trees and shrubs scattered irregularly; under this southern hill ran a brook, and on the banks above it were spots of great natural beauty, crowned by whitethorn and oak.