Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Darley Dale | | A Tradition of Oker Hill in Darley Dale, Derbyshire | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | ’T IS said that to the brow of yon fair hill | |
| Two brothers clomb, and, turning face from face, | |
| Nor one look more exchanging, grief to still | |
| Or feed, each planted on that lofty place | |
| A chosen tree; then, eager to fulfil | 5 |
| Their courses, like two new-born rivers, they | |
| In opposite directions urged their way | |
| Down from the far-seen mount. No blast might kill | |
| Or blight that fond memorial;—the trees grew, | |
| And now entwine their arms; but ne’er again | 10 |
| Embraced those brothers upon earth’s wide plain; | |
| Nor aught of mutual joy or sorrow knew, | |
| Until their spirits mingled in the sea | |
| That to itself takes all, Eternity. | | | | |
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