



A SKETCH 



OF 



MADEIRA; 



CONTAINING 



INFORMATION FOR THE TRAVELLER, OR INVALID VISITOR. 



By EDWAED VERNON HARCOURT, Esq. 



• Oil ! had we some bright little isle of our own, 

 In a blue summer ocean, far off and pione, 

 Where a leaf never dies in the still-blooming bowers, 

 And the bee banquets on through a whole year of flowers ; 



Where the sun loves to pause 



With so fond a delay, 



That night only draws 



A thin veil o'er the day ; 

 Where simply to feel that we breathe, that we live, 

 Is worth the best joy that life elsewhere can give. 



Our life should resemble a long day of light, 



And our death come on holy and calm as the night." 



Moore. 



WITH MAI'S AND VIKWS. 



LONDON: 

 JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 



1851. 



