Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Bamborough | | Bamborough Castle | | William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| | | YE holy towers that shade the wave-worn steep, | |
| Long may ye rear your aged brows sublime, | |
| Though, hurrying silent by, relentless Time | |
| Assail you, and the winds of winter sweep | |
| Round your dark battlements; for far from halls | 5 |
| Of Pride, here Charity hath fixed her seat, | |
| Oft listening, tearful, when the tempests beat | |
| With hollow bodings round your ancient walls; | |
| And Pity, at the dark and stormy hour | |
| Of midnight, when the moon is hid on high, | 10 |
| Keeps her lone watch upon the topmost tower, | |
| And turns her ear to each expiring cry; | |
| Blessed if her aid some fainting wretch may save, | |
| And snatch him cold and speechless from the wave. | | | | |
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