Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Glencroe | | At the Head of Glencroe | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | DOUBLING and doubling with laborious walk, | |
| Who that has gained at length the wished-for height, | |
| This brief, this simple wayside call can slight, | |
| And rests not thankful? Whether cheered by talk | |
| With some loved friend, or by the unseen hawk | 5 |
| Whistling to clouds and sky-born streams, that shine | |
| At the sun’s outbreak, as with light divine, | |
| Ere they descend to nourish root and stalk | |
| Of valley flowers. Nor, while the limbs repose, | |
| Will we forget that, as the fowl can keep | 10 |
| Absolute stillness, poised aloft in air, | |
| And fishes front, unmoved, the torrent’s sweep, | |
| So may the soul, through powers that faith bestows, | |
| Win rest and ease and peace, with bliss that angels share. | | | | |
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