And Other Poems.
69
DUNEDIN FROM THE BAY.
GO, trav’ler, unto others boast
Of Venice and of Rome ;
Of saintly Mark’s majestic pile,
And Peter’s lofty dome;
Of Naples and her trellished bowers;
Of Rhineland far away;—
These may be grand, but give to me
Dunedin from the Bay.
Of Venice and of Rome ;
Of saintly Mark’s majestic pile,
And Peter’s lofty dome;
Of Naples and her trellished bowers;
Of Rhineland far away;—
These may be grand, but give to me
Dunedin from the Bay.
A lovely maiden seated in
A grotto by the shore;
With richest crown of purest green
That virgin ever wore;
Her snowy breast bedecked with flowers
And clustering ferns so gay,—
Go, picture this, and then you have
Dunedin from the Bay.
A grotto by the shore;
With richest crown of purest green
That virgin ever wore;
Her snowy breast bedecked with flowers
And clustering ferns so gay,—
Go, picture this, and then you have
Dunedin from the Bay.
A fairy, round whose brilliant throne
Great towering giants stand,
As if impatient to obey
The dictates of her wand;
Their helmets hidden in the clouds,
Their sandals in the spray—
Go picture this, and then you have
Dunedin from the Bay.
Great towering giants stand,
As if impatient to obey
The dictates of her wand;
Their helmets hidden in the clouds,
Their sandals in the spray—
Go picture this, and then you have
Dunedin from the Bay.