Category: Poetry
The Vale of Uley.--Forest of Dean.--Ross.--Wilton Castle.--Goodrich Castle.--Courtfield, Welch Bicknor, Coldwell.--Gleaner's Song.--Coldwell Rocks.--Symmon's Yat.--Great Doward.--New Wier.--Arthur's Hall.--Martin's Well.--The Coricle.--Arrival at Monmouth.
"Rouse from thy slumber, pleasure calls, arise, Quit thy half-rural bower, awhile despise The thraldom that consumes thee. We who dwell Far from thy land of smoke, advise thee w...
7. Chapter 7'Tis sweet to hear the soothing chime, And, by thanksgiving, measure time; When hard-wrought poverty awhile Upheaves the bending back to smile; When servants hail, with boundles...
6. Chapter 6PEACE to your white-wall'd cots, ye vales, Untainted fly your summer gales; Health, thou from cities lov'st to roam, O make the Monmouth hills your home! Great spirits of her ba...
4. Chapter 4HARRY of MONMOUTH, o'er thy page, Great chieftain of a daring age, The stripling soldier burns to see The spot of thy nativity; His ardent fancy can restore Thy castle's turrets...
1. Chapter 1The Vale of Uley.--Forest of Dean.--Ross.--Wilton Castle.--Goodrich Castle.--Courtfield, Welch Bicknor, Coldwell.--Gleaner's Song.--Coldwell Rocks.--Symmon's Yat.--Great Doward....
5. Chapter 5Departure for Ragland.--Ragland Castle.--Abergavenny.--Expedition up the "Pen-y-Vale," or Sugar-Loaf Hill.--Invocation to the Spirit of Burns.-- View from the Mountain.--Castle...
3. Chapter 3Henry the Fifth.--Morning on the Water.--Landoga.--Ballad, "The Maid of Landoga."--Tintern Abbey.--Wind-Cliff.--Arrival at Chepstow.--Persfield.-- Ballad, "Morris of Persfield."...