Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Russia: Vol. XX. 1876–79. | | | | Alupka | | Alupka | | Edna Dean Proctor (1829–1923) |
| | | CROSS but this rocky height, and lo! | |
| A valley rare as Rasselas | |
| Found in the Abyssinian pass, | |
| With warmth and beauty all aglow! | |
| Where for Tartar mosque and royal villa | 5 |
| Is many a shining porphyry pillar, | |
| With marbles for altar and floor and stair | |
| Veined with vermilion or amber fair; | |
| And fountains fed by the rills that fall | |
| Cool and clear from the mountain wall. | 10 |
| Where the olive and orange and nectarine | |
| Ripen the seaside gardens in, | |
| And the winds are sweet as the breeze that sighs | |
| Over the meadows of Paradise!— | |
| Yea, and the blessed there might crave | 15 |
| Alupka, pride of the cliff and wave! | | | | |
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