The straits, the hills, and the low-lying, wide-spread, dusky bay.

Great houses here,

Dull, opulent, severe.

Dives’ gold birds on guarding lamps a-wing—

Dead gold, that may not sing!

Fair on the other side

Smooth, steep-laid sweeps of turf and green boughs waving wide.

This is the hilltop’s crown.

Below you, down

In blurred, dim streets, the market quarter lies,