&nbsp The railway bore him through
       &nbsp       &nbsp An earthen cutting out from a city:
       &nbsp There was no scope for view,
Though the frail light shed by a slim young moon
       &nbsp Fell like a friendly tune.

       &nbsp Fell like a liquid ditty,
And the blank lack of any charm
       &nbsp Of landscape did no harm.
The bald steep cutting, rigid, rough,
       &nbsp And moon-lit, was enough
For poetry of place: its weathered face
Formed a convenient sheet whereon
The visions of his mind were drawn