Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79. | | | | Po (Eridanus), the River | | The Swans of Eridan | | Giles Fletcher (1586?–1623) |
| | (From Christ’s Triumph over Death)
SO down the silver streams of Eridan, | |
| On either side banked with a lily wall, | |
| Whiter than both rides the triumphant swan, | |
| And sings his dirge, and prophecies his fall, | |
| Diving into his watery funeral! | 5 |
| But Eridan to Cedron must submit | |
| His flowery shore; nor can he envy it | |
| If, when Apollo sings, his swans do silent sit. | | | | |
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