Sibyl of Cornwall, a Poetical Tale
Michell, Nicholas Excerpt from Sibyl of Cornwall, a Poetical Tale: The Land's End, St. Michael's Mount, and Other Poems
Cornubia, hail! thou land of mist and cloud,
Along whose coasts the hurrying tempests blow
Their deep-mouthed trumpets, while, like warriors proud,
On mighty rocks, the billows charging go.
Land of the granite peak, so wild, so bare,
Great Nature looks a ragged beggar there,
Yet, stored beneath thy soil, rich coffers lie,
And wealth unto...