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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.
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.
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.
To make it lovely to the sight!
And nature's gems so brightly shine,
All eyes must view it with delight.
