Not Hurled Precipitous From Steep To Steep

Not hurled precipitous from steep to steep; Lingering no more 'mid flower-enamelled lands And blooming thickets; nor by rocky bands Held; but in radiant progress toward the Deep Where mightiest rivers into powerless sleep Sink, and forget their nature--now expands Majestic Duddon, over smooth flat sands[GI] Gliding in silence with unfettered sweep! Beneath an ampler sky a region wide Is opened round him:--hamlets, towers, and towns, And blue-topped hills, behold him from afar; In stately mien to sovereign Thames allied Spreading his bosom under Kentish downs, With commerce freighted, or triumphant war.[GJ]