Never day-beam hath shone o'er
Lovelier or wilder shore !
Half was land, and half was sea
Where the eye could only see
The blue sky for boundary.

(7th December 1822) Fragments in Rhyme VI: The Painter's Love see The Improvisatrice (1824) | (14th December 1822) Fragments in Rhyme VII: Manmadin, The Indian Cupid. Floating down the Ganges see The Improvisatrice (1824) | (21st December 1822) Fragments in Rhyme IX: The Female Convict see The Improvisatrice (1824)