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Thelwall, John: On the Rapid Extension of the Suburbs - ZaunköniG - 21.05.2007 On the Rapid Extension of the Suburbs How far, ye nymphs and dryads! must we stray Beyond your once-loved haunts, ere we again May meet you in your freshness? My young day Has oft-time seen me in your sylvan train Culling the wild-wood flowers, where now remain Nor brake nor hedgerow, nor clear bubbling stream To feed their fragrance, or the fervid ray To mitigate; but to the flaunting beam The domes of tasteless opulence display, Shadeless, their glaring fronts; while the pure rill That wont to parley, or by noon or night With Phoebus' or with Dian's softer light, Now through some drain obscene creeps dark and still, To sweep the waste of luxury away. |