Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Netley Abbey | | Netley Abbey | | William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| | | FALLEN pile! I ask not what has been thy fate: | |
| But when the winds slow wafted from the main, | |
| Through each rent arch, like spirits that complain, | |
| Come hollow to my ear, I meditate | |
| On this world’s passing pageant, and the lot | 5 |
| Of those who once majestic in their prime | |
| Stood smiling at decay, till, bowed by time | |
| Or injury, their early boast forgot, | |
| They may have fallen like thee! Pale and forlorn, | |
| Their brow, besprent with thin hairs, white as snow, | 10 |
| They lift, still unsubdued, as they would scorn | |
| This short-lived scene of vanity and woe; | |
| Whilst on their sad looks smilingly they bear | |
| The trace of creeping age, and the pale hue of care! | | | | |
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