Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Thames, the River | | The Thames | | James Thomson (1834–1882) |
| | (From Autumn)
THEN commerce brought into the public walk | |
| The busy merchant; the big warehouse built; | |
| Raised the strong crane; choked up the loaded street | |
| With foreign plenty; and thy stream, O Thames, | |
| Large, gentle, deep, majestic, king of floods! | 5 |
| Chose for his grand resort. On either hand, | |
| Like a long wintry forest, groves of masts | |
| Shot up their spires; the bellying sheet between | |
| Possessed the breezy void; the sooty hulk | |
| Steered sluggish on; the splendid barge along | 10 |
| Rowed, regular, to harmony; around, | |
| The boat, light skimming, stretched its oary wings; | |
| While deep the various voice of fervent toil | |
| From bank to bank increased. | | | | |
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