Complex sentence: There is a good view of the city of Oxford from the hill and it provided the inspiration and setting for two of Matthew Arnold's most well-known poems, "The Scholar Gipsy" (1853) and "Thyrsis" (1867).
Split into simpler sentences: There is a good view of the city of Oxford from the hill. The hill provided the inspiration and setting for two of Matthew Arnold's most well-known poems, "The Scholar Gipsy" (1853) and "Thyrsis" (1867).