This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ...at Oxford, the Thame from Aylesbury, the Kennet at Reading, the Wey from Guildford, and the Lea from Hertford. (southward.) Into the English Channel. The Tamar, by Launceston and Devonport; the Upper Avon, by Salisbury; and the Itchen, by Winchester. Rivers Of England And Wales Versified. (to The West. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ...at Oxford, the Thame from Aylesbury, the Kennet at Reading, the Wey from Guildford, and the Lea from Hertford. (southward.) Into the English Channel. The Tamar, by Launceston and Devonport; the Upper Avon, by Salisbury; and the Itchen, by Winchester. Rivers Of England And Wales Versified. (to The West.) First Eden, stain'd with many a border fray, Then Derwent winds where Cumbria's grandeur reigns; And Duddon, late the theme of poet's lay, Bounds royal Lancaster'sf north-west domains. The Lune, through Lonsdale, next her treasure pours; And Ribble winds at haughty Preston's feet; The Mersey laves Lancastria's southern shores, With Irwell, Dane, and Weaver, swells her stores, Then proudly rolls the Irish Sea to meet. The Cambrian Dee comes next in order, Seeking England's western border, And close by Chester's ancient wall is found. The Clwydd fertilizes Denbigh's vale; And Conway, sung in many a harper's tale, Rebellows to Carnarvon's rocky bound. The mountain streams, on Cambria's coast, Have beauty more than size to boast j But from Plynlimmon's lofty side Two mightier floods descend: Severn, advent'rous, wanders wide, Through Shrewsbury, Worcester, Gloucester, pours her tide, Then seeks again with sister Wye to blend. Shakspeare's classic stream, ! in vain, Tries to wash away the stain Of murders foul, on Tewkesbury's plain. $ Say what Wiltshire cargoes ride Down the Lower Avon's tide, By beauteous Bath to Bristol's vales, Where commerce spreads her thousand sails. See Wordsworth's " Duddon Banks." f The Duchy of Lancaster is vested in the crown. j The Warwickshire Avon, which runs by Stratford, where Shakspeare was born. About half a mile from the town is a field, still called the Bloody Meadow, where the last great...
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