Bath
Bath
(After a photograph)
Here is a structured question-mark. The gold
Great Crescent’s elegant façade sweeps round
To meet straitBrock Street’s subfusc straight that guides
Towards a perfect ornate roundel which,
Lawned and tree-centred, forms the Circus; all
Three elements harmoniously combined
Into one interrogative design
Of architectural magnificence.
Why here far from the Eastern capital
Of London’s cosmopolitan huge wealth?
Why not in Bristol, prosperously large
Commercial harbour near the Western coast?
Because the Romans found at Bath a healing stream
Or Georgian Society a scenic dream?.
