Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | Western States: Wabash, the River | | The Wabash | | Maurice Thompson (1844–1901) |
| | | THERE is a river singing in between | |
| Bright fringes of papaw and sycamore,— | |
| That stir to fragrant winds on either shore,— | |
| Where tall blue herons stretch lithe necks, and lean | |
| Over clear currents flowing cool and thin | 5 |
| Through the clean furrows of the pebbly floor. | |
| My own glad river! though unclassic, still | |
| Haunted of merry gods, whose pipings fill | |
| With music all thy golden willow brakes! | |
| Above thee Halcyon lifts his regal crest; | 10 |
| The tulip-tree flings thee its flower-flakes; | |
| The tall flag over thee its lances shakes: | |
| With every charm of beauty thou art blest, | |
| O happiest river of the happy West! | | | | |
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