Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Duddon, the River | | The River Duddon | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | O MOUNTAIN stream! the shepherd and his cot | |
| Are privileged inmates of deep solitude; | |
| Nor would the nicest anchorite exclude | |
| A field or two of brighter green, or plot | |
| Of tillage-ground, that seemeth like a spot | 5 |
| Of stationary sunshine:—thou hast viewed | |
| These only, Duddon! with their paths renewed | |
| By fits and starts, yet this contents thee not. | |
| Thee hath some awful spirit impelled to leave, | |
| Utterly to desert, the haunts of men, | 10 |
| Though simple thy companions were and few; | |
| And through this wilderness a passage cleave, | |
| Attended but by thy own voice, save when | |
| The clouds and fowls of the air thy way pursue! | | | | |
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