Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79. | | | | Spain: Gibraltar | | Gibraltar | | Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886) |
| | | ENGLAND, we love thee better than we know,— | |
| And this I learned, when, after wanderings long | |
| Mid people of another stock and tongue, | |
| I heard again thy martial music blow, | |
| And saw thy gallant children to and fro | 5 |
| Pace, keeping ward at one of those huge gates | |
| Which, like twin-giants, watch the Herculean straits: | |
| When first I came in sight of that brave show, | |
| It made my very heart within me dance, | |
| To think that thou thy proud foot shouldst advance | 10 |
| Forward so far into the mighty sea; | |
| Joy was it and exultation to behold | |
| Thine ancient standard’s rich emblazonry, | |
| A glorious picture by the wind unrolled. | | | | |
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