• Ye distant spires, ye antique towers,
      That crowned the watery glade,
    Where grateful Science still adores
      Her Henry’s holy shade;
    And ye that from the stately brow
    Of Windsor’s heights the expanse below
      Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey,
    Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowers among
    Wanders the hoary Thames along
      His...

  • The Muse, disgusted at an age and clime
      Barren of every glorious theme,
    In distant lands now waits a better time,
      Producing subjects worthy fame.

    In happy climes, where from the genial sun
      And virgin earth such scenes ensue,
    The force of art by nature seems outdone,
      And fancied beauties by the true:

    In happy climes,...