Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Nether Stowey | | An Evening in Autumn, near Nether Stowey, Somerset | | Henry Alford (1810–1871) |
| | | HOW soothing is that sound of far-off wheels | |
| Under the golden sheen of the harvest-moon! | |
| In the shade-checkered road it half reveals | |
| A homeward-wending group, with hearts in tune | |
| To thankful merriment;—father and boy, | 5 |
| And maiden with her gleanings on her head; | |
| And the last wagon’s rumble heard with joy | |
| In the kitchen with the ending-supper spread. | |
| But while I listening stand, the sound hath ceased; | |
| And hark, from many voices lustily | 10 |
| The harvest-home, the prelude to the feast, | |
| In measured bursts is pealing loud and high; | |
| Soon all is still again beneath the bright | |
| Full moon, that guides me home this autumn night. | | | | |
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