Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | Southern States: Ashley, the River, S. C. | | Magnolia Gardens | | Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830–1886) |
| | | YES, found at last,—the earthly Paradise! | |
| Here by slow currents of the silvery stream | |
| It smiles, a shining wonder, a fair dream, | |
| A matchless miracle to mortal eyes: | |
| What whorls of dazzling color flash and rise | 5 |
| From rich azalean flowers, whose petals teem | |
| With such harmonious tints as brightly gleam | |
| In sunset rainbows arched o’er perfect skies! | |
| But see! beyond those blended blooms of fire, | |
| Vast tier on tier, the lordly foliage tower | 10 |
| Which crowns the centuried oaks’ broad-crested calm: | |
| Thus on bold Beauty falls the shade of Power; | |
| Yet Beauty, still unquelled, fulfils desire, | |
| Unfolds her blossoms, and outbreathes her balm! | | | | |
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