Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Lansdown | | Lansdown Hill | | Robert Southey (1774–1843) |
| | | WITH many a weary step at length I gain | |
| Thy summit, Lansdown; and the cool breeze plays | |
| Gratefully round my brow, as hence I gaze | |
| Back on the fair expanse of yonder plain. | |
| ’T was a long way, and tedious; to the eye | 5 |
| Though fair the extended vale, and fair to view | |
| The autumnal leaves of many a faded hue, | |
| That eddy in the wild gust moaning by. | |
| Even so it fared with life: in discontent, | |
| Restless through fortune’s mingled scenes I went, | 10 |
| Yet wept to think they would return no more. | |
| But cease, fond heart! in such sad thoughts to roam; | |
| For surely thou erelong shalt reach thy home, | |
| And pleasant is the way that lies before. | | | | |
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