Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Cambridge | | Inside of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge: Continued | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | THEY dreamt not of a perishable home | |
| Who thus could build. Be mine, in hours of fear | |
| Or grovelling thought, to seek a refuge here; | |
| Or through the aisles of Westminster to roam; | |
| Where bubbles burst, and folly’s dancing foam | 5 |
| Melts, if it cross the threshold; where the wreath | |
| Of awe-struck wisdom droops: or let my path | |
| Lead to that younger pile, whose sky-like dome | |
| Hath typified by reach of daring art | |
| Infinity’s embrace; whose guardian crest, | 10 |
| The silent cross, among the stars shall spread | |
| As now, when she hath also seen her breast | |
| Filled with mementos, satiate with its part | |
| Of grateful England’s overflowing dead. | | | | |
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