Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79. | | | | Rome, Hills of | | The Esquiline | | John Dyer (1700?–1758) |
| | (From Ruins of Rome)
SUFFICE it now the Esquilian mount to reach | |
| With weary wing, and seek the sacred rests | |
| Of Maro’s humble tenement; a low | |
| Plain wall remains; a little sun-gilt heap, | |
| Grotesque and wild; the gourd and olive brown | 5 |
| Weave the light roof; the gourd and olive fan | |
| Their amorous foliage, mingling with the vine, | |
| Who drops her purple clusters through the green. | |
| Here let me lie, with pleasing fancy soothed: | |
| Here flowed his fountain; here his laurels grew; | 10 |
| Here oft the meek good man, the lofty bard, | |
| Framed the celestial song, or social walked | |
| With Horace and the ruler of the world; | |
| Happy Augustus! who so well inspired | |
| Couldst throw thy pomps and royalties aside, | 15 |
| Attentive to the wise, the great of soul, | |
| And dignify thy mind. | | | | |
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