Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Greece and Turkey in Europe: Vol. XIX. 1876–79. | | | | Greece: Helicon, the Mountain | | Helicon | | Thomas Gray (1716–1771) |
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AWAKE, Æolian lyre! awake, | |
| And give to rapture all thy trembling strings; | |
| From Helicon’s harmonious springs | |
| A thousand rills their mazy progress take; | |
| The laughing flowers, that round them blow, | 5 |
| Drink life and fragrance as they flow. | |
| Now the rich stream of music winds along | |
| Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong, | |
| Through verdant vales and Ceres’ golden reign; | |
| Now rolling down the steep amain, | 10 |
| Headlong, impetuous, see it pour; | |
| The rocks and nodding groves rebellow to the roar. | | | | |
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