Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79. | | | | Spain: Mountains of Spain | | Mountains of Spain | | Robert Southey (1774–1843) |
| | (From Count Pedro’s Castle)
LO, there the Asturian hills! Far in the west, | |
| Huge Rabanal and Foncebadon huge, | |
| Pre-eminent, their giant bulk display, | |
| Darkening with earliest shade the distant vales | |
| Of Leon, and with evening premature. | 5 |
| Far in Cantabria eastward, the long line | |
| Extends beyond the reach of eagle’s eye, | |
| When buoyant in mid-heaven the bird of Jove | |
| Soars at his loftiest pitch. In the north, before | |
| The travellers the Erbasian mountains rise, | 10 |
| Bounding the land beloved, their native land. | | | | |
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