Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Edinburgh | | Edinburgh | | William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) |
| | | INSTALLED on hills, her head near starry bowers, | |
| Shines Edinburgh, proud of protecting powers. | |
| Justice defends her heart; Religion east | |
| With temples, Mars with towers doth guard the west; | |
| Fresh nymphs and Ceres serving, wait upon her, | 5 |
| And Thetis tributary doth her honor. | |
| The sea doth Venice shake, Rome Tiber beats, | |
| Whilst she but scorns her vassal water’s threats. | |
| For sceptres nowhere stands a town more fit, | |
| Nor place where town world’s queen may fairer sit. | 10 |
| But this thy praise is, above all, most brave, | |
| No man did e’er defame thee but a slave. | | | | |
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