(Prized avenues ere others had been shaped
Or easier links connecting place with place)
Have vanished—swallowed up by stately roads
Easy and bold, that penetrate the gloom
Of Britain's[742] farthest glens. The Earth has lent
Her waters, Air her breezes;[JV] and the sail
Of traffic glides with ceaseless intercourse,[743][JW]
Glistening along the low and woody dale;
Or, in its progress, on the lofty side,