Writings_about_the_decline_of_St._Mary.27s_City St._Mary's_City,_Maryland

john pendleton kennedy, author of 1838 novel rob of bowl. circa 1800s.

no more thy glassy brook reflects day,

but choked sedges, works weedy way;

along thy glades solitary guest,

the hollow-sounding bittern guards nest;

amidst thy desert walks lapwing flies,

and tires echoes unvaried cries.

sunk thy bowers in shapeless ruin all,

and long grass o ertops mould ring wall

the deserted village