Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Isle of Man | | On Entering Douglas Bay | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | “Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori.”
THE FEUDAL keep, the bastions of Cohorn, | |
| Even when they rose to check or to repel | |
| Tides of aggressive war, oft served as well | |
| Greedy ambition, armed to treat with scorn | |
| Just limits; but yon tower, whose smiles adorn | 5 |
| This perilous bay, stands clear of all offence: | |
| Blest work it is of love and innocence,— | |
| A tower of refuge to the else forlorn. | |
| Spare it, ye waves, and lift the mariner, | |
| Struggling for life, into its saving arms! | 10 |
| Spare, too, the human helpers! Do they stir | |
| Mid your fierce shock like men afraid to die? | |
| No; their dread service nerves the heart it warms, | |
| And they are led by noble Hillary. | | | | |
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