They say it is always handed over to the nearest wax-works show.
Shiplake is a pretty village, but it cannot be seen from the river, being upon the hill.

Tennyson was married in Shiplake Church.
The river up to Sonning winds in and out through many islands, and is very placid, hushed, and lonely.

Few folk, except at twilight, a pair or two of rustic lovers, walk along its banks.

'Arry and Lord Fitznoodle have been left behind at Henley, and dismal, dirty Reading is not yet reached.

It is a part of the river in which to dream of bygone days, and vanished forms and faces, and things that might have been, but are not, confound them.
We got out at Sonning, and went for a walk round the village.