The wind, according to his whim,
Is in and out of haven.”
The “bile and buskin” attitude of Byron upon the Alps caused him to condemn “Manfred,” pronouncing, as one having authority,—
“The cities, not the mountains, blow
Such bladders; in their shape’s confessed
An after-dinner’s indigest.”
For his earth was definitely opposed to the “city.” He cried to the singing thrush in February,—
“I hear, I would the City heard.
“The City of the smoky fray;
A prodded ox, it drags and moans;