Highways and byways in Surrey . amaze. Camped on yon down the hosts of Rome,Nor start though luiglish woodlands heardThe selfsame mandatory word As by the Cataracts of the Nile Marshalled the legions long ago,Or where the lakes are one blue smile Neath pageants of I lelvetian snow,Or mid the Syrian sands that lieSick of the days great tearless eye, Or on barbaric plains afar, Wliere, under Asias fevering ray,The long lines of imperial war Oer Tigris passed, and with dismayIn fanged and iron deserts foundEmbattled Persia closing round. And mid their eagles watched on high The vultures gathering
Highways and byways in Surrey . amaze. Camped on yon down the hosts of Rome,Nor start though luiglish woodlands heardThe selfsame mandatory word As by the Cataracts of the Nile Marshalled the legions long ago,Or where the lakes are one blue smile Neath pageants of I lelvetian snow,Or mid the Syrian sands that lieSick of the days great tearless eye, Or on barbaric plains afar, Wliere, under Asias fevering ray,The long lines of imperial war Oer Tigris passed, and with dismayIn fanged and iron deserts foundEmbattled Persia closing round. And mid their eagles watched on high The vultures gathering for^ feast,Till, from the quivers of the sky. The gorgeous star-flight of the EastFlamed, and the bow of darkness bentOer Julian dying in his tent. Between Farley Heath and Chilworth Station, which is thechosen end of the walk from Cranleigh, is Blackheath, wellnamed. In winter the flowerless heather darkens the wholemoorland; and through it the roads, the rough roads theRoman legionaries knew well, run ribands of white 3* Chertscy. CHAPTER XVI CHERTaEY Through the hayfields.—The Abbey.—John de Rutherwyk.—Cowley inhis garden.—Bill Sikes at Chertsey.—The curfew.— A duel of hearts.—The Chertsey legend.—St. Annes Hill.—Digging for treasure.—St. Pauls like a mushroom.—Charles James Fox.—Sunshine andturnips.—Triumphant rooks. Chertsey might well be taken as the centre from which toexplore north-west Surrey, but it is less generally convenient asregards the railway than \\eybridge, which allows explorationnorth, east, south and west, whereas Chertsey lies on a branchline. Besides, there is the walk from Weybridge to Chertseyto be taken, and there are few more delightful near the SurreyThames. The high road from the bridge over the Wey runsbetween double ribands of water; on one side lies thesunny, slow canal, edged with iris and forget-me-nots, and I So CHERTSEY MEAD chap. banked up higher than the road ; on the other, a shady stream,dun and bleak
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