A Clever Endeavour Poem by Joyce Hemsley

There's a beautiful nest liken to heaven
In the town of Exmouth in Devon...
Its name is The A La Ronde
Shining each morning at birdsong,
Nostalgic, historic, whatever the weather.
Two eighteenth century cousins ~
Mary and Jane ~ cast their spells and
designed this house of feather and shell.
It's no Linden Lea, but visitors agree
In sunshine or rain, it's a fantasy.

The A La Ronde, Summer Lane,
Covered in layers of feather
Was the clever endeavour of cousins,
Mary and Jane working together.