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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, X. Charles Eliot Norton (search)
nshine over Shady Hill. The reference to the combined manly and womanly qualities of Norton spoke for itself, and won applause even before the place of residence was uttered; and I received from Norton this recognition of the little tribute:-- Ashfield, 2 July, 1904. My dear Higginson,--Your friendly words about me in your Phi Beta poem give me so much pleasure that I cannot refrain from thanking you for them. I care for them specially as a memorial of our hereditary friendship. They brin singular felicity which characterizes him, says of Norton: He has been an epitome of the world's best thought brought to our own doors and opened for our daily use. Edith Wharton with equal felicity writes from Norton's well-known dwelling at Ashfield, whose very name, High Pasture, gives a signal for what follows: Come up — come up; in the dim vale below The autumn mist muffles the fading trees, But on this keen hill-pasture, though the breeze Has stretched the thwart boughs bare to meet the