Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | New England: Portland, Me. | | Changed | | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | | FROM the outskirts of the town, | |
| Where of old the mile-stone stood, | |
| Now a stranger, looking down | |
| I behold the shadowy crown | |
| Of the dark and haunted wood. | 5 |
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| Is it changed, or am I changed? | |
| Ah! the oaks are fresh and green, | |
| But the friends with whom I ranged | |
| Through their thickets are estranged | |
| By the years that intervene. | 10 |
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| Bright as ever flows the sea, | |
| Bright as ever shines the sun, | |
| But alas! they seem to me | |
| Not the sun that used to be, | |
| Not the tides that used to run. | 15 | | | |
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