Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Wainsbeck, the River | | To the River Wainsbeck | | William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| | | WHILE slowly wanders thy sequestered stream, | |
| Wainsbeck! the mossy-scattered rocks among, | |
| In fancy’s ear still making plaintive song | |
| To the dark woods above, that waving seem | |
| To bend o’er some enchanted spot; removed | 5 |
| From life’s vain coil, I listen to the wind, | |
| And think I hear meek Sorrow’s plaint, reclined | |
| O’er the forsaken tomb of one she loved!— | |
| Fair scenes! ye lend a pleasure, long unknown, | |
| To him who passes weary on his way— | 10 |
| The farewell tear, which now he turns to pay, | |
| Shall thank you;—and whene’er of pleasures flown | |
| His heart some long-lost image would renew, | |
| Delightful haunts! he will remember you. | | | | |
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