43. Upon a green bank side,

Skirting the smooth edge of a gentle river,

Whose waters seem unwillingly to glide,

Like parting friends, who linger ere they sever.

Drake.

44. Where streets are stifling, bustling, noisy, dry;

Hot are the pavements as an oven floor;

Dingy-red brick grows tiresome to the eye.

Mary Howitt.