The Difficulty of describing Town Scenery - A Comparison with certain Views in the Country - The River and Quay - The Shipping and Business - Shipbuilding - Sea-Boys and Port-Views - Village and Town Scenery again compared - Walks from Town - Cottage and adjoining Heath, &c. - House of Sunday Entertainment - The Sea: a Summer and Winter View - A Shipwreck at Night, and its Effects on Shore - Evening Amusements in the Borough - An Apology for the imperfect View which can be given of these Subjects.
“DESCRIBE the Borough” - though our idle tribe
May love description, can we so describe,
That you shall fairly streets and buildings trace,
And all that gives distinction to a place?
This cannot be; yet moved by your request
A part I paint - let Fancy form the rest.
Cities and towns, the various haunts of men,
Require the pencil; they defy the pen:
Could he who sang so well the Grecian fleet,