Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Greenwich | | Greenwich Hospital | | William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| | | COME to these peaceful seats, and think no more | |
| Of cold, of midnight watchings, or the roar | |
| Of Ocean tossing on his restless bed! | |
| Come to these peaceful seats, ye who have bled | |
| For honor, who have traversed the great flood, | 5 |
| Or on the battle’s front with stern eye stood, | |
| When rolled its thunder, and the billows red | |
| Oft closed, with sudden flashings, o’er the dead. | |
| O, heavy are the sorrows that beset | |
| Old age! and hard it is,—hard to forget | 10 |
| The sunshine of our youth, our manhood’s pride! | |
| But here, O aged men! ye may abide | |
| Secure, and see the last light on the wave | |
| Of Time, which wafts you silent to your grave; | |
| Like the calm evening ray, that smiles serene | 15 |
| Upon the tranquil Thames, and cheers the sinking scene. | | | | |
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