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A PROSPECT
OF
MANCHESTER
AND ITS
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
ON rapture's wings, by gayest fancy borne,
Tir'd of the town, to Chamber's bowers I turn,
And lonely musing o'er the terrace mound,
Pour the rude wreathes of poesy around;
Or, on some verdant bank, with moss o'erspread,
Bid memory ponder o'er th' illustrious dead.
Thence thoughtful wandering thro' the alleys green,
Contemplate o'er the wide extended scene,
Where spreading Commerce, Britain's favorite child,
Supplants the shepherd's reed, and Doric measure wild.
Here hills on hills, extend their alpine reign,
Stretch their wide arms, and bound the fertile plain;
Tir'd of the town, to Chamber's bowers I turn,
And lonely musing o'er the terrace mound,
Pour the rude wreathes of poesy around;
Or, on some verdant bank, with moss o'erspread,
Bid memory ponder o'er th' illustrious dead.
Thence thoughtful wandering thro' the alleys green,
Contemplate o'er the wide extended scene,
Where spreading Commerce, Britain's favorite child,
Supplants the shepherd's reed, and Doric measure wild.
Here hills on hills, extend their alpine reign,
Stretch their wide arms, and bound the fertile plain;
