“The oaks stand - quite still - so still that the lichen loves them...such solace and solitude seventy-nine miles thick cannot be painted...it is necessary to stay in it like oaks to know it. (1884)” — Jefferies Richard 1848-1887 Copy Share Image
“The hedges - yes, the hedges, the very synonym of Merry England - are yet there, and long may they remain. Without hedges England would not be England. Hedges, thick and high, and full of flowers, birds, and living creatures,… — Jefferies Richard 1848-1887 Copy Share Image
“The oaks stand - quite still - so still that the lichen loves them...such solace and solitude seventy-nine miles thick cannot be painted...it is… — Jefferies Richard 1848-1887 Copy Share Image
“The hedges - yes, the hedges, the very synonym of Merry England - are yet there, and long may they remain. Without hedges England… — Jefferies Richard 1848-1887 Copy Share Image
