Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79. | | | | Portugal: Arrabida, the Mountain | | The Arrabida Convent | | Francisco Manuel |
| | Translated by R. Southey
FALTER not, pilgrim here! with steady steps | |
| Upward along this dark-o’ershadowed path | |
| Tread cheerily: this is the rugged path | |
| That leads to Heaven. Hark! how the glittering stream, | |
| That sparkles down the mountain, to thine ear | 5 |
| Sends its mild murmurs: round thy throbbing brow, | |
| Pleasant the cool air breathes, and on thy way | |
| The glorious sun shines radiant: canst thou pause? | |
| O pilgrim, hie thee on with holy haste | |
| And enter there, where all the hours are hours | 10 |
| Of life, and every hope, reality. | | | | |
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