Excerpt from The Poetry of Observation: And Other Poems But 10 here from this portico What beauty Spreads 1 Below us, placidly, Enchased with bossy woods, the lakelet lies Reflecting yon white mansion and the mill, And cattle on the farther grassy bank. Gleams the far bay, with isles thick studded o'er; Spreads wide, with its white canvas-dots, the sea. Beyond yon dim gray, wh'ere thrive towns unseen, Faintly traced mountains range; the blue hills here; And here, behind, abruptly all cut off. And in these bounds before us, thickly pent, Are hills and villages with many a Spire, And woods and waters, an enchanting scene. Shadowy dim that shaft Of glory stands, Tall by the pyramid-like city's pile Our scattered Village here, 'twixt hill and bill, Plain below plain, clear Sloping to the sea. Many, there dwelling, hither love to look, Where the fair dome, above the woody steep, Smiles from the verge of this high spread plateau. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.