Those Trees that wave below, by yonder Moat,[1]
The ancient Manor of our Lords denote;
The Streamlet which beyond you now may see ,
For we've no River else,—is call'd the Rea.[2]
South-east lies Deritend and Bordesley[3] rare,
Both fam’d alike for good and 'special ware.
Camp-Hill[4] upon yon summit you'll espy,
Beyond, Fair Hill[5] and Moseley Wake they lie.
More south stands Moseley Village-just below ,
Where cedars, ash, and lofty poplars grow,
Lies Moseley Hall,[6] near which is Cannon Hill,
And, just beyond that Church,[7] the Pebble Mill.
See Norton[8] spire, upon yon rising ground,
And num'rous villas lie dispers’d around;
Those hills beyond, are Bromsgrove Lickey nam'd,
More for their barrenneſs, than beauty, fam'd.
Moor Green,[9] and Selly Oak,[10] lie south by west,
In Nature's verdant liv'ry, gaily drest;
Edgbaston's[11] rural beauties intervene,
And fairest landscapes fill the chequer'd ſcene.
- ↑ Moat House, originally the seat of the Lords de Birmingham , now the Manufactory of Mr. Thomas Francis .
- ↑ A mere brook, serving to turn mills.
- ↑ Two Manufacturing Hamlets adjoining Birmingham.-For a view of the Chapel, & c. see plate S.
- ↑ For an account of a curious battle fought there in 1643–See Hutton's History of Birmingham.
- ↑ Once the residence of the Rev. Dr. Priestley: also of the late Dr.Withering.
- ↑ Seat of John Taylor, Esq.
- ↑ Edgbaston Church.
- ↑ King's Norton.
- ↑ Seat of Thomas Ruſsell, Esq.
- ↑ Seat of James Bingham, Esq.
- ↑ Edgbaston Hall, seat of Lord Calthorp.
