Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Bishopstone | | Roman Antiquities Discovered at Bishopstone, Herefordshire | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | WHILE poring antiquarians search the ground | |
| Upturned with curious pains, the bard, a seer, | |
| Takes fire,—the men that have been reappear; | |
| Romans for travel girt, for business gowned; | |
| And some recline on couches, myrtle-crowned, | 5 |
| In festal glee: why not? For fresh and clear, | |
| As if its hues were of the passing year, | |
| Dawns this time-buried pavement. From that mound | |
| Hoards may come forth of Trajans, Maximins, | |
| Shrunk into coins with all their warlike toil; | 10 |
| Or a fierce impress issues with its foil | |
| Of tenderness,—the wolf, whose suckling twins | |
| The unlettered ploughboy pities when he wins | |
| The casual treasure from the furrowed soil. | | | | |
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