Lyr Add: Marsden Rock

Subject: Lyr Add: Marsden Rock
From: *#1 PEASANT*
Date: 16 Jun 04 - 07:04 AM

Marsden Rock

The sultry sun aloft has roll'd
And ting' the hills and dales with gold;
The sea her silv'ry robes unfold
Her swelling bounds along.
Th' enraptured sky is calm and clear,
Come now to Marsden Rock repair:
Inhale the fresh and balmy air,
Which floats in cooling breezs there,
The bright blue waves among.

The fruitful tree, and rustling corn,
Wave beauteous to the rosy morn;
The birds, on rosy pinions borne,
Proclaim it in a song.
In fleecy showers the pearly spray,
From ocean's briny fountain play;
And, skimming o'er the watery way,
The Sea-mews strike their finny prey
The bright blue waves among.

Let steamers gay with beau and belle
Chime up, for Seaton Delaval,
Or Warkworth's towers and hermit's cell,
May fascinate the young;
But Marsden Rock has charms for me,
Reposing on a summer sea;
Their features wild I love to see,
And on the velvet beds to be
The bright blue waves among

The tumbling surge unrapts the strand,
Bespangled lays the beaming sand,
Your early footsteps to command,
And pleasures to prolong.
Away! the fragrant fields in flow'r;
Perfumes the path to Allen's bow'r;
With pealing mirth awake the shore
And ring old Marsden's rocky tow'r,
The brigh blue waves among.

Then crown the beach, enchanted roam-
And hail theire light-ships to their home-
Our fostered seamen, how they come,
And to its bosom throng.
With beauty graced in smiles divine,
We'll tribune pay to Peter's shrine,
And drink success to Wear and Tyne;
For long may their proud Commerce shine
The bright blue waves among.

-Peacock, "Bards of the Tyne,", 1849.