Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Malvern | | Malvern Hills | | Henry Alford (1810–1871) |
| | | EREWHILE I saw ye faintly through far haze | |
| Spread many miles above the fields of sea; | |
| Now ye rise glorious, and my steps are free | |
| To wander through your valleys’ beaten ways, | |
| And climb above, threading the rocky maze; | 5 |
| And trace this stream alive with shifting light, | |
| With whose successive eddies silver-bright | |
| Not without pleasant sound the moonbeam plays. | |
| My dear, dear bride, two days had made thee mine, | |
| Two days of waxing hope and waning fear, | 10 |
| When under the night-planet’s lavish shine | |
| We stood in joy, and blessed that rillet clear; | |
| Such joy unwarning comes and quickly parts, | |
| But lives deep-rooted in our “heart of hearts.” | | | | |
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