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X. ENGLEFIELD HOUSE:
THE SEAT OF R. BENYON DE BEAUVOIR, ESQ. NEAR READING.
There is a pride, as of an elder dayAbout thee, Englefield! mid way thy steep
And wood-crowned eminence, where round thee sweep
Green flowery lawns, trees in the fresh array
Of summer, meadows with the close-piled hay
Studded, blue waters that do seem to creep
All listlessly for heat, and cots that sleep
I' the sunshine. How thou tower'st above the gay
And lovely landscape, in the majesty
Of thy old beauty! Even those mansions bright,
That pretty town, that gothic chapelry
With front and pinnacle so rich and light,
Seem all as toys and costly pageantry
Made but for thy proud halls and their delight.
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