Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Wales: Llangollen | | To the Lady Eleanor Butler and the Hon. Miss Ponsonby | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | Composed in the Grounds of Plas Newydd, near Llangollen, 1824 |
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A STREAM, to mingle with your favorite Dee, | |
| Along the Vale of Meditation flows; | |
| So styled by those fierce Britons, pleased to see | |
| In Nature’s face the expression of repose; | |
| Or haply there some pious hermit chose | 5 |
| To live and die, the peace of heaven his aim; | |
| To whom the wild, sequestered region owes, | |
| At this late day, its sanctifying name, | |
| Glyn Cafaillgaroch, in the Cambrian tongue, | |
| In ours, the Vale of Friendship, let this spot | 10 |
| Be named; where, faithful to a low-roofed cot, | |
| On Deva’s banks ye have abode so long; | |
| Sisters in love, a love allowed to climb, | |
| Even on this earth, above the reach of time! | | | |
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