A fit of fortune has its way with me.
Besieged by pleasant weather I am struck.
Though elsewhere air is sweltering, I see
blue sky and feel a breeze and more than luck.
I choose to live in good topography
beside a natural bay. Price runs amok,
but this is worth the devastating cost –
the air I breathe is light- and health-embossed.

(Ottava Rima)