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Methought I trod ;—where stately fabrics fair , With spacious areas foT refreshing air , n By wealth are rear / d ;—where in dark , close-built cells , Abodes unjoyous , —patient labour dwells , And want and sorrow pour th' unheeded sigh . — There wandering long , till mind , and heart l and eye Were sad and weary , —anxiously I spught
Some quiet resting-place for tranquil thought ; And turning round , upon my view there came A Gothic gateway large , of antique frame . Beyond—1 saw with deep and glad surprise , An edifice of curious structure rise ; Huge pillar'd blocks of granite , massy , strong , A firm-built base , were ranged in aisles along . Above , tall columns , elegant and light ,
Tier raised on tier , charmed the astonish'd sight ; Holly and dusky yew their graceful screen Lent to the pile , —its spacious vaults within " Were stored , all treasures gathered from the waves ; And glittering wonders of earth ' s sparry caves . The pencil ' s magic touch had well array'd Its halls ;—there rose Helvetia ' s views portray 'd ; What time the sun , from dim-seen valley deep ,
Cerulean lake , and Bombre pine-clad steep Retiring , calls away his golden beams , And the pale Aiguilles gilds with roseate gleams , While watchful shepherds on each jutting height , Repeat the greeting of a kind good-night ' With blasts from Uri ' s horn ; and the loud play Of pealing sounds the grazing herds obey . There stood revealed , ' mid darkness , Etna ' s cone .
A world of wonders , girt with many a zone , In verdant beauty risen from ocean ' s breast , To lift amongst the stars its blazing crest . There , too , in rich luxuriance seenTd to smile The spicy groves of many a summer isle . Still more to glad the eye , fresh breezes strayed 9
Throarbours green , along each light arcade , Adorned with Alpine blooms of every clime , From Quito ' s central region piled sublime , — A realm serene , above the storms and clouds , — To where a murky fog perpetual broods O ' er drear lagoons , and seas that cease to roll Around th' untrodden confines of the pole .
Gay was the scene , and with admiring eye The pale mechanic there his cares laid by ; Those cool piazzas ranged with grateful heart Pleased , with each work of nature and of art , Rejoicing in that beauteous pile , —his own , — Bestow'd on labour ' s sons , a noble boon .
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632 A Dream .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1834, page 632, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2637/page/28/
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