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WRITTEN IN A GROTTO, AT RUNITON, NEAR LYNNE REGIS, NORFOLK.

Within this Grotto's shell-clad walls,
 Far happier could I pass my hours,
Than nurs'd in grandeur's gilded halls,
 And rich in fortune's plenteous stores.

To deck its sides the rolling waves
 Have yielded many a beauteous shell,
And many a plant from ocean's caves
 Is laid within this fairy cell.

So well do art and taste combine
 To make it lovely to the sight!
And nature's gems so brightly shine,
 All eyes must view it with delight.