Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | New England: Bethlehem, N. H. | | Mount Agassiz | | Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838–1916) |
| | | BEFORE this mountain bore his well-loved name | |
| Whose greatness runs through both the hemispheres, | |
| Whose life-work, after death, but swells his fame, | |
| Whose sudden loss set Science’ self in tears,— | |
| I stood upon it; now if I were there | 5 |
| Among the flocking thoughts would this one brood,— | |
| Mount Agassiz! It must have known such prayer | |
| As rose at Penikese where once he stood | |
| Pleading with Heaven, yet uttering not a word, | |
| Leading the face and spirit of that throng | 10 |
| On through an awe-hinged gate, that swung unheard, | |
| Into His presence where all souls belong:— | |
| So doubtless, here, with noisy words unshod, | |
| Went Prayer in Horeb silence unto God. | | | | |
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