Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Stratford-on-Avon | | Stratford-on-Avon | | Robert Leighton (1822–1869) |
| | | TO Stratford-on-the-Avon. And we passed | |
| Through aisles and avenues of the princeliest trees | |
| That ever eyes beheld. None such with us | |
| Here in the bleaker North. And as we went | |
| Through Lucy’s park, the red day dropt i’ the west; | 5 |
| A crimson glow, like blood in lovers’ cheeks, | |
| Spread up the soft green sky and passed away; | |
| The mazy twilight came down on the lawns, | |
| And all those huge trees seemed to fall asleep; | |
| The deer went past like shadows. All the park | 10 |
| Lay round us like a dream; and one fine thought | |
| Hung over us, and hallowed all. Yea, he, | |
| The pride of England, glistened like a star, | |
| And beckoned us to Stratford. | | | | |
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