Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Stanage | | Cloudless Stanage | | Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849) |
| | | WHY, shower-loved Derwent! have the rainbows left thee? | |
| Mam-Tor! Win-Hill! a single falcon sails | |
| Between ye; but no airy music wails. | |
| Who, mountains! of your soft hues hath bereft ye, | |
| And stolen the dewy freshness of your dales? | 5 |
| Dove-stone! thy cold drip-drinking fountain fails; | |
| Sun-darkened shadows, motionless, are on ye; | |
| Silence to his embrace of fire hath won ye; | |
| And light, as with a shroud of glory, veils | |
| The Peak and all his marvels. Slowly trails | 10 |
| One streak of silver o’er the deep dark blue | |
| Its feathery stillness, while of whispered tales | |
| The ash, where late his quivering shade he threw, | |
| Dreams o’er the thoughtful plant that hoards its drop of dew. | | | | |
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