Di. Assuredly, a lively scene!

And, ah, how pleasant something green!

With circling heavens one perfect rose

Each smoother patch of water glows,

Hence to where, o’er the full tide’s face,

We see the Palace and the Place,

And the white dome; beauteous, but hot.

Where in the meantime is the spot—

My favourite—where by masses blue,

And white cloud-folds, I follow true