Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Troston | | Troston Hall | | Capel Lofft (1751–1824) |
| | | FAR from the busy hum of men away, | |
| Secluded here, naught of the world I see; | |
| And almost doubt if such a place there be | |
| As London’s trading town, or Paris gay, | |
| Surcharged with crowds the livelong night and day. | 5 |
| That war is going on by land and sea, | |
| That slaughter, tumult, horror, and dismay | |
| Pervade the world, now seemeth strange to me. | |
| And, as I pass the sweetly lonely hours, | |
| Estrangéd here from bustle, strife, and care, | 10 |
| Surrounded but by woods and fields and flowers, | |
| While Nature’s music floats along the air, | |
| And Autumn all her various bounties pours, | |
| I wish an erring world these scenes with me to share. | | | | |
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