The cultured fields; and up the heathy waste,

Mounts, as you see, in mazes serpentine,

Led towards[633] an easy outlet of the vale.[IF]

That little shady spot, that sylvan tuft,

By which the road is hidden, also hides

A cottage from our view; though I discern

(Ye scarcely can) amid its sheltering trees

The smokeless chimney-top.—

"All unembowered

And naked stood that lowly Parsonage