Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Roslin | | Sonnet Composed During a Storm | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | THE WIND is now thy organist; a clank | |
| (We know not whence) ministers for a bell | |
| To mark some change of service. As the swell | |
| Of music reached its height, and even when sank | |
| The notes, in prelude, Roslin! to a blank | 5 |
| Of silence, how it thrilled thy sumptuous roof, | |
| Pillars, and arches,—not in vain time-proof, | |
| Though Christian rites be wanting! From what bank | |
| Came those live herbs? by what hand were they sown, | |
| Where dew falls not, where rain-drops seem unknown? | 10 |
| Yet in the Temple they a friendly niche | |
| Share with their sculptured fellows, that, green-grown | |
| Copy their beauty more and more, and preach, | |
| Though mute, of all things blending into one. | | | | |
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