There is a glorious City in the Sea.
The Sea is in the broad, the narrow streets,
Ebbing and flowing; and the salt sea-weed
Clings to the marble of her palaces.
No track of men, no footsteps to and fro,
Lead to her gates. The path lies o’er the Sea,
Invisible; and from the land we went,
As to a floating City – steering in,
And gliding up her streets as in a dream,
So smoothly, silently – by many a dome,
Mosque-like, and many a stately portico,
The statues ranged along an azure sky…
Samuel Rogers (30 July 1763 – 18 December 1855) was an English poet, banker, and philanthropist. He is considered an early Romantic poet. Quite famous during his own lifetime, he’s been outshined by the likes of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats, Byron and Shelley.