Megalithic Poems

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But, about a mile off, it was prodigious to see how full the Downes are of great stones; and all along the vallies, stones of considerable bigness, most of them growing certainly out of the ground so thick as to cover the ground, which makes me think the less of the wonder of Stonage, for hence they might undoubtedly supply themselves with stones, as well as those at Abebury.
Wonderful, especially the, "...stones of considerable bigness, most of them growing certainly out of the ground..."

Have you noticed wysefool's post here http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3080 by the way?

Yes, Jeffries should be given a much higher place amongst British poets IMO. What's a good poet? Someone who says to you - look, here's an account of how YOU feel but haven't quite put your finger on it. Eg. Rhiannon's quote from him - "By the time I had reached the summit I had entirely forgotten the petty circumstances and the annoyances of existence."