Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Clifton | | Clifton | | Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) |
| | | CLIFTON, in vain thy varied scenes invite,— | |
| The mossy bank, dim glade, and dizzy height; | |
| The sheep, that, starting from the tufted thyme, | |
| Untune the distant churches’ mellow chime; | |
| As o’er each limb a gentle horror creeps, | 5 |
| And shake above our heads the craggy steeps. | |
| Pleasant I ’ve thought it to pursue the rower | |
| While light and darkness seize the changeful oar; | |
| The frolic Naiads drawing from below | |
| A net of silver round the black canoe. | 10 |
| Now the last lonely solace must it be | |
| To watch pale evening brood o’er land and sea. | |
| Then join my friends, and let those friends believe | |
| My cheeks are moistened by the dews of eve. | | | | |
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