Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Penshurst | | Sonnet Written at Penshurst in Autumn, 1788 | | Charlotte Smith (1749–1806) |
| | | YE towers sublime, deserted now and drear, | |
| Ye woods deep sighing to the hollow blast, | |
| The musing wanderer loves to linger near, | |
| While history points to all your glories past; | |
| And, startling from their haunts the timid deer, | 5 |
| To trace the walks obscured by matted fern | |
| Which Waller’s soothing lyre were wont to hear, | |
| But where now clamors the discordant hern! | |
| The spoiling hand of time may overturn | |
| These lofty battlements, and quite deface | 10 |
| The fading canvas whence we love to learn | |
| Sidney’s keen look and Sacharissa’s grace; | |
| But fame and beauty still defy decay, | |
| Saved by the historic page, the poet’s tender lay! | | | | |
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