Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Seathwaite | | Seathwaite Chapel | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | SACRED Religion! “mother of form and fear,” | |
| Dread arbitress of mutable respect, | |
| New rites ordaining when the old are wrecked, | |
| Or cease to please the fickle worshipper; | |
| Mother of Love! (that name best suits thee here,) | 5 |
| Mother of Love! for this deep vale, protect | |
| Truth’s holy lamp, pure source of bright effect, | |
| Gifted to purge the vapory atmosphere | |
| That seeks to stifle it;—as in those days | |
| When this low pile a gospel teacher knew, | 10 |
| Whose good works formed an endless retinue; | |
| A pastor such as Chaucer’s verse portrays, | |
| Such as the heaven-taught skill of Herbert drew, | |
| And tender Goldsmith crowned with deathless praise! | | | | |
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