There, by the sheepfold, sometimes was he seen Sitting alone, with that his faithful dog, Then old, beside him lying at his feet. The length of full seven years from time to time He at the building of this sheepfold wrought, And left the work unfinished when he died. Three years, or little more, did Isabel Survive her husband: at her death the estate Was sold, and went into a stranger's hand. The cottage, which was named the Evening Star, Is gone; the ploughshare has been through the ground On which it stood; great changes have been wrought In all the neighbourhood; yet the oak is left That grew beside their door; and the remains Of the unfinished sheepfold may be seen Beside the boisterous brook of Green-head Ghyll. [5] Clipping is the word used in the North of England for shearing. THE INSCRIBED ROCKS OF WINDERMERE. Our boatman told us, that at a short distance on the eastern side of Windermere lake, were some inscriptions on the rocks, which were the greatest curiosities of the place. The guide-book having made no mention of them, we were the more anxious to see what they were, and were rowed ashore accordingly, at a point not far from Lowood Inn. Here we found every smooth surface afforded by the rocks--every slab on the stratified formation--covered with inscriptions, engraved with much toil, in letters varying from six to twenty or twenty-four inches in height. On one large red stone of at least ten feet square, was engraved "1833. MONEY. LIBERTY. WEALTH. PEACE;"--a catalogue of blessings very much to be desired. On another stone was the simple date "1688:" expressive enough of the engraver's political sentiments. And on another, in larger characters, "A SLAVE LANDING ON THE BRITISH STRAND, BECOMES FREE."