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From Worcester, which Bang Charles encamp'd on. 



To Stafford, Warwick, and Northampton ; 



O'er Shropshire, Oxford, and to Brecon, 



The crow near seventy miles would reckon. 



Exact, till sixty-eight from Wrekin, 



In a straight line to Brecon-beacon. 



Next Gloucester, Monmouth, 'mong the rest are 



Eadnor, Montgomery, and Leicester ; 



And Hereford we number with 



Denbighshire, Flint, and Merioneth. 



The sated eye may roam at leisure 



Over the dull fiat plains of Cheshire ; 



Derbyshire and Lancashire are visible. 



No more are in my list admissible. 



Notice yon batter'd skull-shap'd rock. 



The British fortress Caradoc. 



Those pointed summits bare of trees 



Are the two barren Shropshire Clees. 



Not neck of swan or maiden whiter is 



Than yon cleft height of Cader Idris, 



Sixty miles distant — barring two — 



That peak presents itself to view. 



Above the rest behold that dim 'un. 



It is the lofty Welsh Plinlimmon : 



And even Snowdon could be seen 



Where there not other hills between. 



And Ireland — oh, sad perplexity ! 



Is hidden by the earth's convexity. 



There's Banbuiy famoiis for its cakes. 



Which some big Banbury baker bakes ; 



And Malvern, where for each disorder 



That folks are heir to, doctors order 



Wet naps in sheets, and large potations 



Of water cold — and scanty rations. 



But stay my Muse, 'tis useless seeking 



To teU the prospect from the Wrekin ; 



The house and park of Srj^uire Moseley, 



Wellington, Shrewsbury, Newport, Broseley.. 



But stay, I'm off again, so be it. 



That you 'ere long may go and see it. 



Tlie third Field Meeting of the CKib took place on Tuesday 

 20th July, and was well attended. The members assembled at 

 the 



