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 6:15. Haven.

"It was a still And calmy bay, on the one side sheltered With the brode shadow of an hoarie hill; On th' other side an high rock towred still, That twixt them both a pleasaunt port they made, And did like an halfe theatre fulfill."

—, Faerie Queene.

"And overhead upgrew Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view."

—, Paradise Lost.

"Its uplands sloping deck the mountain's side, Woods over woods in gay theatric pride."

—, Traveller.

"In one they find a lone sequestered place, Where, to a crescent curved, the shore extends Two moony horns, that in their sweep embrace A spacious bay,—a rock the port defends; Inward it fronts, and broad to ocean bends Its back, whereon each dashing billow dies, When the wind rises and the storm descends; While here and there two lofty crags arise, Whose towers, far out at sea, salute the sailor's eyes. Safe sleep the silent seas beneath; above, Black arching woods o'ershade the circled scene: Within, a grotto opens, in the grove, Pleasant with flowers, with moss, with ivies green, And waters warbling in the depths unseen; Needed nor twisted rope nor anchor there For weary ships."

—, Jerusalem Delivered.