The Life and Poetical Works of James Woodhouse (1735-1820): Edited by the Rev. R. I. Woodhouse |
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CHAPTER 1st.
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ENVILLE.
Proud, in the hollow of a dreary space
Fair Enville rises, with peculiar grace,
Contrasted with the barren blanks around,
With green lawns apron'd, and gay garlands crown'd!
Whose woods, and distance, with a twofold veil,
Unnumber'd beauties from the sight conceal;
While obvious charms the shades, and openings, show,
To draw admiring bands from plains below.
Fair Enville rises, with peculiar grace,
Contrasted with the barren blanks around,
With green lawns apron'd, and gay garlands crown'd!
Whose woods, and distance, with a twofold veil,
Unnumber'd beauties from the sight conceal;
While obvious charms the shades, and openings, show,
To draw admiring bands from plains below.
With strong antithesis ascending, by,
Kinver's long steril ridge benumbs the eye—
Lifts its bleak, steril back, for ever bare;
Embrown'd with burning heat, or freezing air—
Without a tree, or shrub, to ease the sight,
Whose sheltering shades would vernal choirs invite;
With winnowing wings might damp the dog-star's rage,
Or wintery storms impetuous pow'rs asswage.
Kinver's long steril ridge benumbs the eye—
Lifts its bleak, steril back, for ever bare;
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Without a tree, or shrub, to ease the sight,
Whose sheltering shades would vernal choirs invite;
With winnowing wings might damp the dog-star's rage,
Or wintery storms impetuous pow'rs asswage.
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CHAPTER 1st.
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