. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . T&tf*. CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NORTHUMBERLAND. 211 and, resuming once more the name of a river, the Derwent, after a winding course throughseveral verdant valleys, at length falls into the sea near Workington. Returning to Keswick, along the western shores, the ride is delightful; especially inthe evening, and whilst the water is still gilded by the radiance of the sun. At such atime, when the lake is one vast expanse of crystall
. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . T&tf*. CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NORTHUMBERLAND. 211 and, resuming once more the name of a river, the Derwent, after a winding course throughseveral verdant valleys, at length falls into the sea near Workington. Returning to Keswick, along the western shores, the ride is delightful; especially inthe evening, and whilst the water is still gilded by the radiance of the sun. At such atime, when the lake is one vast expanse of crystall mirror, the mountain shadows aresoftened into a mild blue tint, which sweeps over the half surface, and the other halfreceives the impression of every radiant form that glows around. At Berk Withop theview of the lake is full and pleasing, the water beautifully expands to the eye, having itsoutlet concealed by Castle How, a circular peninsula crowned with wood, on which appearthe vestiges of a castle or fortress. Lord Byron makes beautiful allusion, in his Childe Harold, to the dilapidated remainsof castellated structures: They stand, as stands a lofty mind,Worn, bu
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