Farewell, farewell! Before our prow
Leaps in white foam the noisy channel,
A tourist's cap is on my brow,
My legs are cased in tourists' flannel:
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From Dover to Munich in 35 Quatrains, WOW! How magnificent descriptive travel, starting at the Channel then with train to Ostend while telling about most of the impressive scenes Charles Stuart Calverley saw while travelling.
From Dover to Munich through the Channel and the train in Ostend, WOW! What a long sailing must this be, or an old fashioned cruise in those times where the poet lived?
Muse of life with, The histories of the dead. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
Through this imposant writing 35 Quatrains long, the beautiful views are visible through the poet's eyes. Included the girls with the steeple hats in front of him, he has described here.