arch-ways

Updated: May 8, 2025

I could stroll through marvellous arch-ways, gathering jewels at every step, or wander in my royal meadows, among the wrecks and spoils of hurricanes; or rising through the mellow depths, sit among the palms of the lagoon, watching the white sails of ships or studying the awfulness of the storm. "For a time I secluded myself, theorizing upon the policy of my government.

George Alfred Townsend - Tales of the Chesapeake