Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Norway: Lindesnaes | | Lindesnaes | | Bayard Taylor (1825–1878) |
| | (From Lars)
CALM autumn skies were o’er them, and the sea | |
| Swelled in unwrinkled glass: they scarcely knew | |
| How sped the voyage, until Lindesnaes, | |
| At first a cloud, stood fast, and spread away | |
| To flanking capes, with gaps of blue between; | 5 |
| Then rose, and showed, above the precipice, | |
| The firs of Norway climbing thick and high | |
| To wilder crests that made the inland gloom. | |
| In front, the sprinkled skerries pierced the wave; | |
| Between them, slowly glided in and out | 10 |
| The tawny sails, while houses low and red | |
| Hailed their return, or sent them fearless forth. | | | | |
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