Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79. | | | | Frankfort | | On Entering Frankfort after a Long Tour through Switzerland | | James Cochrane |
| | | WHAT sense of loneliness comes o’er the soul, | |
| What sinking of the spirits, when one leaves | |
| The kindly-courteous country, and perceives | |
| The first sure indications of his goal, | |
| The densely peopled city; when the roll | 5 |
| Of drums is heard in dry and dusty streets, | |
| What time the huge cathedral bell repeats | |
| The evening hour, with solemn-sounding toll! | |
| Where ’mong the crowds that pour in at the gate, | |
| There ’s none we care for, none for us who care! | 10 |
| How different from the scenes we left of late, | |
| Where every peasant had a friendly air, | |
| And where the trees, to touch us, wont to extend | |
| Their branches out, like some familiar friend! | | | | |
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