Sinopsis

GENIUS of Penshurst old!
Who saw’st the birth of each immortal oak,
Here sacred from the stroke;
And all thy tenants of yon turrets bold
Inspir’st to arts or arms; 5
Where Sidney his Arcadian landscape drew,
Genuine from thy Doric view;
And patriot Algernon unshaken rose
Above insulting foes;
And Sacharissa nursed her angel charms. 10
O, suffer me with sober tread