Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Green-head Ghyll | | Green-head Ghyll | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | IF from the public way you turn your steps | |
| Dp the tumultuous brook of Green-head Ghyll, | |
| You will suppose that with an upright path | |
| Your feet must struggle; in such bold ascent | |
| The pastoral mountains front you, face to face. | 5 |
| But courage! for around that boisterous brook | |
| The mountains have all opened out themselves, | |
| And made a hidden valley of their own. | |
| No habitation can be seen; but they | |
| Who journey thither find themselves alone | 10 |
| With a few sheep, with rocks and stones, and kites | |
| That overhead are sailing in the sky. | |
| It is, in truth, an utter solitude. | | | | |
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