Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Morwenstow | | The Vine | | Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875) |
| | | HEARKEN! there is in old Morwenna’s shrine, | |
| A lonely sanctuary of the Saxon’s days, | |
| Reared by the Severn sea for prayer and praise, | |
| Amid the carved work of the roof, a vine: | |
| Its root is where the eastern sunbeams fall, | 5 |
| First in the chancel, then along the wall; | |
| Slowly it travels on, a leafy line, | |
| With here and there a cluster, and anon | |
| More and more grapes, until the growth hath gone | |
| Through arch and aisle. Hearken! and heed the sign. | 10 |
| See at the altar side the steadfast root, | |
| Mark well the branches, count the summer fruit: | |
| So let a meek and faithful heart be thine, | |
| And gather from that tree a parable divine. | | | | |
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