Ere Julius landed on the white-cliffed shore,

The sacred structures were delivered o'er

To utter desolation, whence I ween

A general doubt prevails if such have ever been.

Where be the Temples which in Britain's Isle,

As legends tell, the Trojan Founder reared?

Gone like a dream of morning, or a pile

{ Of glittering clouds that in the East appeared. }

{ Of gorgeous clouds that in the west appeared. }