Hangs permanent,[JY] and plentiful as wreaths

Of vapour glittering in the morning sun.

And, wheresoe'er the traveller turns his steps,

He sees the barren wilderness erased,

Or disappearing; triumph that proclaims

How much the mild Directress of the plough

Owes to alliance with these new-born arts!

—Hence is the wide sea peopled,—hence[746] the shores

Of Britain are resorted to by ships

Freighted from every climate of the world