Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Grisedale | | Grisedale Beck | | James Payn (1830–1898) |
| | | MY gentle stream, with constant smile and bright, | |
| I miss thy loving looks and winding ways, | |
| Thy murmurous accents glad of yesternight, | |
| Sweet as from earnest lips the words of praise; | |
| Where art thou, friend? I hear the impetuous noise | 5 |
| Of hurried passion, the unmeaning roar | |
| Of some wild torrent: it is not thy voice! | |
| Nor doth thy wave respect its wonted shore, | |
| But arrowy-straight in frantic fury springs. | |
| I grieve that I e’er knew thee: happy heart | 10 |
| And noble, that with either moods hath part: | |
| Mine hath not; but with timid love it clings | |
| Conscious of weakness: and it doth so lean | |
| To some boy-friends grown hard and headstrong men. | | | | |
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