That cot and castle, hall and bower,

And spire and dome, and turret height,

Appear'd to slumber in the light.

From Henry's chapel, Rufus' hall,

To Savoy, Temple, and St. Paul,

From Knightsbridge, Pancras, Camden Town,

To Redriff, Shadwell, Horsleydown,

No voice was heard, no eye unclosed,

But all in deepest sleep reposed.

They might have thought, who gazed around