EBOOK, THE BOROUGH ***
Transcribed by Mark Sherwood, e-mail: mark.sherwood@btinternet.com
"THE BOROUGH", by GEORGE CRABBE (1754-1832) {1}
LETTER I.
These did the ruler of the deep ordain,
To build proud navies and to rule the main.
POPE, Homer's Iliad.
Such scenes has Deptford, navy-building town,
Woolwich and Wapping, smelling strong of pitch;
Such Lambeth, envy of each band and gown,
And Twickenham such, which fairer scenes enrich.
POPE, Imitation of Spencer.
. . . . . . . . . . . Et cum coelestibus undis
Aequoreae miscentur aquae: caret ignibus aether,
Caecaque nox premitur tenebris hiemisque suisque;
Discutient tamen has, praebentque micantia lumen
Fulmina: fulmineis ardescunt ignibus undae.
OVID, Metamorphoses.
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
The Difficulty of describing Town Scenery--A Comparison with certain
Views in the Country--The River and Quay--The Shipping and Business-
-Shipbuilding--Sea-Boys and Port-Views--Village and Town Scenery
again compared--Walks from Town--Cottage and adjoining Heath, &c.
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