Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Ireland: Vol. V. 1876–79. | | | | Appendix: Castleconnel | | Castleconnel | | Sir Aubrey de Vere (1788–1846) |
| | | BROAD, but not deep, along his rock-chafed bed | |
| In many a sparkling eddy winds the flood, | |
| Clasped by a margin of green underwood; | |
| A castled crag, with ivy garlanded, | |
| Sheer o’er the torrent frowns; above the mead | 5 |
| De Burgho’s towers, crumbling o’er many a rood, | |
| Stand gauntly out in airy solitude, | |
| Backed by yon furrowed mountain’s tinted head. | |
| Sounds of far people, mingling with the fall | |
| Of waters, and the busy hum of bees, | 10 |
| And larks in air, and throstles in the trees, | |
| Thrill the moist air with murmurs musical, | |
| While cottage smoke goes drifting on the breeze, | |
| And sunny clouds are floating over all. | | | | |
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