Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Highgate | | In Highgate Cemetery | | William Allingham (1824–1889) |
| | | FAR-SPREAD below doth London wear | |
| Its cloud by day, its fire by night,— | |
| Yet scarce with heavenly presence there | |
| Shrined in the smoke or pallid light. | |
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| Incessant troops from that vast throng | 5 |
| Withdraw to silent colonies; | |
| Where houses, lo! are fair and strong, | |
| Though ruins all that dwell in these. | |
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| Yet, ’neath the universal sky | |
| Bright children here too run and sing, | 10 |
| Calm verdure waxes green and high, | |
| And grave-side roses smell of spring. | | | | |
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