High dormers are rising br So sharp and surprising, br And ponticum edges br The driveways of gravel; br Stone houses from ledges br Look down on ravines. br The vision can travel br From gable to gable, br Italianate mansion br And turretted stable, br A sylvan expansion br So varied and jolly br Where laurel and holly br Commingle their greens. br br Serene on a Sunday br The sun glitters hotly br O'er mills that on Monday br With engines will hum. br By tramway excursion br To Dore and to Totley br In search of diversion br The millworkers come; br But in our arboreta br The sounds are discreeter br Of shoes upon stone - br The worshippers wending br To welcoming chapel, br Companioned or lone; br And over a pew there br See loveliness lean, br As Eve shows her apple br Through rich bombazine; br What love is born new there br In blushing eighteen! br br Your prospects will please her, br The iron-king's daughter, br Up here on Broomhill; br Strange Hallamshire, County br Of dearth and of bounty, br Of brown tumbling water br And furnace and mill. br Your own Ebenezer br Looks down from his height br On back street and alley br And chemical valley br Laid out in the light; br On ugly and pretty br Where industry thrives br In this hill-shadowed city br Of razors and knives.