How beauteous is thy sylvan bound,
Where man's last home on earth is found-
So peaceful , that the robin's note
Alone, can aught of life denote :
His song a requiem seems to those
Who hear no more its liquid close.
The world so little intervenes
In these sublime umbrageous scenes ,
To fancy it may well appear
That she has found Elysium here."[1]
This is one of the favourite spots for gipsy parties ; every requisite can be obtained at Mrs. Pain's, near Hollington-corner. The most pleasant walk is by Bohemia mansion.
BEAUPORT,
built by General Murray, and named after a village near Quebec, in Canada, (the proprietor being the first British governor of Quebec after its surrender to the English,) is a handsome modern building, and of late much improved by its present owner, Sir Charles Montolieu Lamb, Bart. It contains some very good paintings. The distance from Hastings is four miles .
ORE CHURCH,
two miles from Hastings, on the London road, is much frequented by visitors and inhabitants of Hastings, being a most delightful walk, either through the lane at the back of Wellington-square, or over the West-hill. The house adjoining the church is
ORE PLACE,
the seat of the Dowager Lady Elphinstone. It was built by John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and was -
- ↑ Horsfield's Sussex, page 436.
