Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VII. Descriptive: Narrative. 1904. | | | | Descriptive Poems: I. Personal: Great Writers | | On the Departure of Sir Walter Scott from Abbotsford, for Naples | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | A TROUBLE, not of clouds, or weeping rain, | |
| Nor of the setting sun’s pathetic light | |
| Engendered, hangs o’er Eildon’s triple height: | |
| Spirits of Power, assembled there, complain | |
| For kindred Power departing from their sight; | 5 |
| While Tweed, best pleased in chanting a blithe strain, | |
| Saddens his voice again, and yet again. | |
| Lift up your hearts, ye Mourners! for the might | |
| Of the whole world’s good wishes with him goes; | |
| Blessings and prayers in nobler retinue | 10 |
| Than sceptred king or laurelled conqueror knows, | |
| Follow this wondrous Potentate. Be true, | |
| Ye winds of ocean, and the midland sea, | |
| Wafting your Charge to soft Parthenope! | | | | |
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