SWEET spot! with magic scenery graced,
The abode of elegance and taste,
Where Nature’s charms, improv’d by art,
Pour delight o’er every heart:
Here may rapt Poesy retire,
To fan the spark of heav’nly fire;
With one extatic glance behold
What legendary Bards have told,
Of beauteous scenes in Fairy land,
Rais’d by Fancy’s potent wand;
Whate’er of Fiction’s flowery tale,
Descriptive of the happy vale,
In no ideal visions rise,
The living landscape strikes her eyes.
In peace may Contemplation stray
Along the devious upland way,
Survey the lucid stream below,
Where reflected sun-beams glow;
Or onward dart her eager sight,
To taste the undisturb’d delight
The richly-tinted prospect yields,
Where meads, groves, gardens, woods, and fields,
Nature in graceful order blends,
Far as human ken extends;
While many a simple spire between,
Denotes a hamlet tho’ unseen.
Charm’d with the ever-varying view,
The Muse attempts the tribute due
To Her who plann’d this loved retreat,
And calls her own the favourite seat;
Whose tasteful elegance of mind,
Within no selfish bounds confin’d;
Feels the pleasure she imparts,
The noblest pride of generous hearts.
(Elizabeth Bentley)
More Poetry from Elizabeth Bentley:
Elizabeth Bentley Poems based on Topics: Mind, Happiness, War & Peace, Nature, Sense & Perception, Pleasure, Art, Fire, Charity, Charm, Fairy- The Prodigal Son (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
- On The Abolition Of The African Slave-Trade (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
- Ode To Melancholy (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
- Ode To Summer (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
- The Virtues. An Ode. (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
- On The Return Of Peace And Plenty (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: Mind Poems, Nature Poems, War & Peace Poems, Sense & Perception Poems, Fire Poems, Happiness Poems, Art Poems, Charity Poems, Pleasure Poems, Charm Poems, Hospitality PoemsBased on Keywords: denotes, undisturb, ever-varying, plann, improv, sun-beams, extatic, descriptive, tasteful