Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Wales: Menai Strait | | On Crossing the Anglesea Strait to Bangor at Midnight | | William Sotheby (1757–1833) |
| | | ’T WAS night, when from the Druid’s gloomy cave, | |
| Where I had wandered, tranced in thought, alone | |
| Mid Cromlech’s and the Carnedd’s funeral stone, | |
| Pensive and slow I sought the Menai’s wave: | |
| Lulled by the scene, a soothing stillness laid | 5 |
| Each pang to rest. O’er Snowdon’s cloudless brow | |
| The moon, that full orbed rose, with peaceful glow | |
| Beamed on the rocks; with many a star arrayed, | |
| Glittered the broad blue sky; from shore to shore | |
| O’er the smooth current streamed a silver light, | 10 |
| Save where along the flood the lonely height | |
| Of rocky Penmaenmaur deep darkness spread; | |
| And all was silence, save the ceaseless roar | |
| Of Conway bursting on the ocean’s bed. | | | | |
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