'Walk to no purpose'

Gallows Hill Park, Salem, traditionally believed to be where alleged witches were hung in 1692.

"Follow its lazy main street lounging
from the alms house to Gallows Hill
along a flat, unvaried surface
covered with wooden houses
aged by yellow drain
like the unhealthy hair of an old dog.
You'll walk to no purpose
in Hawthorne's Salem.''

-- From "Hawthorne,'' by Robert Lowell