Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Loddon Hall | | Loddon Hall | | George Crabbe (1754–1832) |
| | (From The Lover’s Journey)
STILL on he rode! a mansion fair and tall | |
| Rose on his view,—the pride of Loddon Hall: | |
| Spread o’er the park he saw the grazing steer, | |
| The full-fed steed, and herds of bounding deer: | |
| On a clear stream the vivid sunbeams played, | 5 |
| Through noble elms, and on the surface made | |
| That moving picture, checkered light and shade; | |
| The attended children, there indulged to stray, | |
| Enjoyed and gave new beauty to the day; | |
| Whose happy parents from their room were seen | 10 |
| Pleased with the sportive idlers on the green. * * * * * | |
| Home went the lovers through that busy place, | |
| By Loddon Hall, the country’s pride and grace; | |
| By the rich meadows where the oxen fed, | |
| Through the green vale that formed the river’s bed; | 15 |
| And by unnumbered cottages and farms, | |
| That have for musing minds unnumbered charms; | |
| And how affected by the view of these | |
| Was then Orlando,—did they pain or please? | |
| Nor pain nor pleasure could they yield,—and why? | 20 |
| The mind was filled, was happy, and the eye | |
| Roved o’er the fleeting views, that but appeared to die. | | | | |
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