With all your chambers on the lower floor;

In fact, of stories you will boast no more

Than simply one. 'Tis at the river's side,

And near it grows a noble sycamore;

A velvet lawn of green, outspreading wide,

Slopes smoothly down, to meet the ever-rippling tide.

Mrs. Dana.

49. It is a home to die for, as it stands

Through its vine foliage, sending forth a sound

Of mirthful childhood o'er the green repose