Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Loch Etive | | The Glen of Loch Etive | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | “THIS land of rainbows spanning glens whose walls, | |
| Rock-built, are hung with rainbow-colored mists, | |
| Of far-stretched meres whose salt flood never rests, | |
| Of tuneful caves and playful waterfalls, | |
| Of mountains varying momently their crests,— | 5 |
| Proud be this land! whose poorest huts are halls | |
| Where fancy entertains becoming guests, | |
| While native song the heroic past recalls.” | |
| Thus, in the net of her own wishes caught, | |
| The Muse exclaimed; but Story now must hide | 10 |
| Her trophies, Fancy crouch; the course of pride | |
| Has been diverted, other lessons taught, | |
| That make the patriot-spirit bow her head | |
| Where the all-couquering Roman feared to tread. | | | | |
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