balm-distilling

Updated: July 1, 2025

Then softly breathing his bugle, in a moment he was surrounded by a number of men, whose rough gratulations might have reawakened the alarm of Helen, had she not still heard his voice. There was graciousness and balm-distilling sweetness in every tone; and she listened in calm expectation. He directed the men to take their axes, and cut away, on their side of the fall, the tree which arched it.

Jane Porter - The Scottish Chiefs