Poems . e, to the original building only, and notto the alterations that it subsequently received; for there are several suchalterations in the upper part of the building which cannot be mistaken, andwhich were most likely occasioned by its being adapted in modern times tovarious uses, for example as the substructure of a windmill, and latterly asa hay-magazine. To the same times may be referred the windows, the fire-place, and the apertures made above the columns. That this building couldnot have been erected for a windmill, is what an architect will easilydiscern. I will not enter into a dis
Poems . e, to the original building only, and notto the alterations that it subsequently received; for there are several suchalterations in the upper part of the building which cannot be mistaken, andwhich were most likely occasioned by its being adapted in modern times tovarious uses, for example as the substructure of a windmill, and latterly asa hay-magazine. To the same times may be referred the windows, the fire-place, and the apertures made above the columns. That this building couldnot have been erected for a windmill, is what an architect will easilydiscern. I will not enter into a discussion of the point. It is sufficiently wellestablished for the purpose of a ballad; though doubtless many an honestcitizen of Newport, who has passed his days within sight of the RoundTower, will be ready to exclaim with Sancho : God bless me ! did I notwarn you to have a care of what you were doing, for that it was nothing buta windmill; and nobody could mistake it but one who had the like in Speak ! speak ! thou fearful guest!Who, with thy hollow breastStill in rude armour drest, Comest to daunt me!Wrapt not in Eastern balms,But with thy fleshless palmsStretched, as if asking- alms, Why dost thou haunt me ? ~m-
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