Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79. | | | | Rhine, the River | | On the Rhine | | William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| | | ’T WAS morn, and beauteous on the mountain’s brow | |
| (Hung with the blushes of the bending vine) | |
| Streamed the blue light, when on the sparkling Rhine | |
| We bounded, and the white waves round the prow | |
| In murmurs parted; varying as we go, | 5 |
| Lo! the woods open and the rocks retire; | |
| Some convent’s ancient walls, or glistening spire | |
| Mid the bright landscape’s tract unfolding slow. | |
| Here dark with furrowed aspect, like despair, | |
| Hangs the bleak cliff, there on the woodland’s side | 10 |
| The shadowy sunshine pours its streaming tide; | |
| Whilst Hope, enchanted with a scene so fair, | |
| Would wish to linger many a summer’s day, | |
| Nor heeds how fast the prospect winds away. | | | | |
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