XXII. GORDALE. Ar early dawn, or rather when the air Then, pensive Votary! let thy feet repair Where the young lions couch;-for so, by leave And mineral crown, beside his jagged urn And force their passage to the salt-sea tides! XXIII. THE MONUMENT COMMONLY CALLED LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS, NEAR THE RIVER EDEN. A WEIGHT of awe not easy to be borne From the dread bosom of the unknown past, When first I saw that Sisterhood forlorn; And Her, whose massy strength and stature scorn The power of years Apart pre-eminent, and placed to overlook the circle vast. Speak, Giant-mother! tell it to the Morn While she dispels the cumbrous shades of night; Forth-shadowing, some have deemed, the infinite, XXIV. COMPOSED AFTER A JOURNEY ACROSS THE HAMILTON HILLS, YORKSHIRE. DARK and more dark the shades of evening fell; The wished-for point was reached, but late the hour; And little could be gained from all that dower Of prospect, whereof many thousands tell. Yet did the glowing west in all its power Salute us; there stood Indian Citadel, Temple of Greece, and Minster with its tower Or Clock to toll from. Many a tempting Isle, We should forget them; they are of the sky, XXV. "they are of the sky, And from our earthly memory fade away." THESE words were uttered as in pensive mood Though clad in colours beautiful and pure, Find in the heart of man no natural home: XXVI. COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SEPT. 3, 1803. EARTH has not any thing to show more fair: This City now doth like a garment wear All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. In his first splendour valley, rock, or hill; |