Processions beneath green arches of herbage, the long colonnades; Laboured mounds that a foot or a wanton stick may subvert; Homely are they for a lowly look on bedewed grass-blades, On Citied fir-droppings, on twisted wreaths of the worm in dirt.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
Close by is a goldfinch unafraid; in the distance is a Citied valley, with a river winding in it; and down a neighbouring hill, on the top of which the shepherds feed their flocks, comes the imposing procession of the Magi.
"A Wanderer in Florence"
E. V. Lucas
The time is "shortly after the Revival of Learning in Europe"; the place- a tall mountain, Citied to the top, Crowded with culture!
"Robert Browning"
Edward Dowden