...circle of his English friends. You are now In London, that great sea, whose ebb and flow At onoe ia deaf and loud, and on the shore Vomits its wrecks,...howls on for more. Yet in its depth what treasures ! Yon will see That which was Godwin, — greater none than he Though fallen — and fallen on evil...

...picture of London touched with imagination and pity :— " London ; that great city, whose ebb and flow At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore Vomits its wrecks and still howls on for more, Yet in its depths what treasures !" London is like a vast ocean which surges to and fro engulfing its victims...

...HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN LONDON CHAPTER I HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS " London : that great sea whose ebb and flow At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore Vomits...its wrecks, and still howls on for more, Yet in its depths what treasures ! " — Shelley "Citizens of no mean city." THE history of London is — as was...

...HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN LONDON CHAPTER I HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS '' London : that great sea whose ebb and flow At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore Vomits its wrecks, and still howls on for more, Vet in its depths what treasures !"—Shelby "•Citizens of no mean city." THE history of London is—as...

...the Capital of the British Empire. As Shelley says, — London : that great sea whose ebb and flow At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore Vomits...its wrecks, and still howls on for more ; Yet in its depths what treasures ! PRINTED BY NEILL AND CO., LTD., EDINBURGH. BLACK'S BEAUTIFUL BOOKS ALL WITH...

...not be more vividly depicted than in the lines of Shelley, who never saw him: You will see Coleridge, he who sits obscure In the exceeding lustre and the...irradiation of a mind, Which, with its own internal lightning blind, Flags wearily through darkness and despair: A cloud-encircled meteor of the air, A...

...pathless past These recollected pleasures ? 1 You are now In London, that great sea, whose ebb and flow At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore Vomits...more. Yet in its depth what treasures ! You will see That which was Godwin,2 — greater none than he Though fallen — and fallen on evil times — to...

...pathless past These recollected pleasures ? You are now In London, that great sea, whose ebb and flow At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore Vomits...more. Yet in its depth what treasures ! You will see That which was Godwin, — greater none than he Though fallen — and fallen on evil times — to stand...

...desire was fulfilled. CHAPTER IV SOME ANCIENT CITY RELICS London ; that great sea whose ebb and flow At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore Vomits...howls on for more. Yet in its depth what treasures ! SHELLEY. A FACT, of which many people are unaware, is that in ancient cities the soil has almost...

...tribunal of to come The foremost, — while Rebuke cowers pale and dumb. You will see Coleridge 8 — he who sits obscure In the exceeding lustre, and the...irradiation of a mind, Which, with its own internal lightning blind, Flags wearily through darkness and despair— A cloud-encircled meteor of the air,...