. A naval career during the old war : being a narrative of the life of Admiral John Markham, for Portsmouth for twenty-three years (lord of the admiralty, 1801-4 and 1806-7). ^ the other slopes being clothed with a richprofusion of noble trees. In the park was the fearfulcave of Merlin, at least so Spenser tells us :— It is an hideous, hollow cave, they say,Under a rock that lyes a little spaceFrom the swift Towy, tombling down apaceAmongst the woody hilles of Dynevoure :But dare thou not, I charge, in any caseTo enter into that same balefull bowreFor feare the cruell feendes should thee
. A naval career during the old war : being a narrative of the life of Admiral John Markham, for Portsmouth for twenty-three years (lord of the admiralty, 1801-4 and 1806-7). ^ the other slopes being clothed with a richprofusion of noble trees. In the park was the fearfulcave of Merlin, at least so Spenser tells us :— It is an hideous, hollow cave, they say,Under a rock that lyes a little spaceFrom the swift Towy, tombling down apaceAmongst the woody hilles of Dynevoure :But dare thou not, I charge, in any caseTo enter into that same balefull bowreFor feare the cruell feendes should thee unwares devoure. And some romance attaches to almost every woodedknoll and sparkling stream. The whole neighbour-hood is full of interest. Close by is the bewitchedspring, which ebbs and flows like the sea. Four milesaway the castle of Carreg Cennen, built by one of theKnights of Arthurs Round Table, rears its ruinedtowers on the summit of an isolated rock. A littleway down the stream is Golden Grove, where JeremyTaylor meditated and wrote his religious works, and * Faerie Queene, lib. iii. canto iii, He was Ijcfriended by Ricliard Vaughan. Earl of Carbery. He. [Page 158. A Sai/ois IVi/c. 159 just below is the al)rupt eminence called GrongorHill, which inspired the muse of Dyer. These were all haunts of the young wifes childhood,and she could never weary of them. During thissojourn she made sketches of Dynevor Castle fromthe different points of view in the park. It was apleasant visit; her brothers affection was a solace toher, and her old home was no unnatural place in whichto wait for, and eagerly to read, the letters of herabsent husband. As spring drew near, the Dynevor visit came toan end. She set out on the long posting journey ofover 200 miles to London, and arrived at 11, PortugalStreet on March 2nd, 1798. Here she was close toSouth Audley Street, and near the picture by SirThomas Lawrence, which hung in the dining-roomthere. I please myself with the thought that I sh
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