...dangers. From the summit the view is very fine on all sides ; finest, perhaps, toward London : — " A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amid the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their seacoal canopy...

...Byron scarcely exaggerates : — " A mighty maze of bricks and smoke and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail...crown On a fool's head — and there is London town." Year after year the water views of St. Paul's have been more damaged by the erection of shapeless blocks...

...scarcely exaggerates:— " A mighty maze of bricks and smoke and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but wide aft eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping...huge dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head—and there is London town." Year after year the water views of St. Paul's have been more damaged...

...Rome ; With eager thirst, by folly or by fate, Sucks in the dregs of each corrupted state. lb. London. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the foresty Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy ; A huge...

...the summit the view is very fine on all sides ; finest, perhaps, toward London : — " A mil-lit v mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and...as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just In sight, then lost amid the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through...

...residences, to the city limits, and thence over the very house tops, into the heart of the city — " A mighty mass of brick and smoke and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as 8ye Can reach. Amidst the foresty Of masts, a wilderness of steeples peeping — A huge dun cupola,...

...sea, toward which we are swiftly gliding ; and, dimly seen in the uncertain twilight, behind us rises "A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Can reach ; with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amid the forestry Of masts...

...Revered the soil, of those true sons the mother, Who butcher'd half the earth, and bullied t'other.3 A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...crown On a fool's head — and there is London Town But Juan saw not this : each wreath of smoke Appear'd to him but as the magic vapour Of some alchymic...

...Revered the soil, of those true sons the mother, Who butcher'd half the earth, and bullied t'other.™ A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...crown On a fool's head — and there is London Town But Juan saw not this : each wreath of smoke Appear'd to him but as the magic vapour Of HI i) in •...

...wide as eye Can reach Amidst the forestry Of masts, a wilderness of steeples peeping- — A hnge dim cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head — and there is London town. Not very flattering that, and our friend Olivia by no means endorsed the impertinent lines. scape scenery....