# Rambles in Waltham Forest

Author: Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75349

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Rambles+in+Waltham+Forest+Blessington&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Land of soft showers and far-extending vales, And woodlands fanned by summer’s gentlest gales, And streams, that glisten as they steal, half hid The tangled brake and waving sedge amid; Land!—where rich plenty with abounding flow, 5 Bids ’neath her smile the golden meadow glow, And from the juicy herbage—Nature’s wealth! Draws the pure stream of sustenance and health; Land—where, beneath Wealth’s hospitable dome, Refinement dwells, and Science finds a home,— 10 In whose sweet sylvan shades the classic Muse Her richer buds upon thy green lap strews; With thy soft breath her tuneful whisper blends, And to the Poet’s home her brightness lends,— Smiles at his hearth, dispels the gath’ring tea...

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/rambles-in-waltham-forest-75349/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/rambles-in-waltham-forest-75349/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/rambles-in-waltham-forest-75349/chapters/1/index.md)