He rose and stood. Then lo! the world beneath + 

—Wide pools that in the sun-splashed foothills lay, + 

Sheep-doted downs, soft-piled, and rolling heath, + 

River and shining weir and steeples grey + 

And the green waves of forest. Far away + 

Distance rose heaped on distance: nearer hand, + 

The white roads leading down to a new land. + 