Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Ireland: Vol. V. 1876–79. | | | | Appendix: Lismore | | Lismore | | Sir Aubrey de Vere (1788–1846) |
| | | A MEETING of bright streams and valleys green; | |
| Of heathy precipice; umbrageous glade; | |
| Dark, dimpling eddies, ’neath bird-haunted shade; | |
| White torrents gushing splintered rocks between; | |
| With winding woodland roads; and, dimly seen | 5 |
| Through the deep dell ere hazy sunset fade, | |
| Castle and spire and bridge, in gold arrayed; | |
| While o’er the deepening mist of the ravine | |
| The perspective of mountain looms afar. | |
| Such was our Raleigh’s home, and here his eye | 10 |
| Drank deep of nature’s wild variety, | |
| Feeding on hopes and dreams! From the world’s war | |
| Retired, he dwelt; nor deemed how soon his star | |
| Should set, dishonored, in a bloody sea! | | | | |
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