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Sonnets Round the Coast

by H. D. Rawnsley

Rawnsley, H. D. (1851-1920)

I.

BOOK I. SONNETS OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND SOUTH COAST.

II.

BOOK II. SONNETS OF THE CORNISH COASTS.

III.

BOOK III. SONNETS OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.

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IV.

BOOK IV. SONNETS OF THE WELSH COAST.

I.

I. THE SEASONLESS OCEAN.

II.

II. AT BARMOUTH.

III.

III. THE ABERMAW.

IV.

IV. LOW TIDE IN THE ESTUARY, BARMOUTH.

V.

V. BARMOUTH SHORE.

VI.

VI. A RETROSPECT FROM MAWDDACH CRAG.

VII.

VII. BARMOUTH BRIDGE.

VIII.

VIII. COTTAGES OF ST. GEORGE, BARMOUTH.

IX.

IX. THE TORRENT WALK, DOLGELLY.

X.

XI.

XI. BRONWYN THE FAIR.

XII.

XII. THE BURIED CITY OF CARDIGAN BAY.

V.

BOOK V. SONNETS OF THE LANCASHIRE AND CUMBERLAND COASTS.

VI.

BOOK VI. SONNETS OF THE NORTH-EAST COAST.

VII.

VIII.

BOOK VIII. SONNETS OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE COAST.

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II. AT BARMOUTH.

Sweet is the house that breathes the ocean air,
High o'er the sunny beach and tide of green:
If you would enter, you must push between
Valerian's coral fringe, and mount a stair
Wet with the honey-dew; there, simple fare
Is swiftly spread; there, wearied, you may lean
On couches fit for sea-dreams; freshly clean,
The rooms are bright with hospitable care.
Thence you may view how Mawddach to the sun
Gleams, how the moon o'er Turra rises slow,
And cool at evening watch the wan sea fall:
But if you choose to climb the crystal wall
Of Bermo's crag, aloft the rock-steps run
To where the heather and the foxgloves grow.