Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Linn (Lyn), the River | | Waters-Meet | | Henry Alford (1810–1871) |
| | (Recollection of Homer)
EVEN thus, methinks, in some Ionian isle, | |
| Yielding his soul to unrecorded joy, | |
| Beside a fall like this, lingered awhile | |
| On briery banks that wondrous minstrel-boy; | |
| Long hours there came upon his vacant ear | 5 |
| The rushing of the river, till strange dreams | |
| Fell on him, and his youthful spirit clear | |
| Was dwelt on by the power of voiceful streams. | |
| Thenceforth begun to grow upon his soul | |
| The sound and force of waters; and he fed | 10 |
| His joy at many an ancient river’s head, | |
| And echoing caves, and thunder, and the roll | |
| Of the wakeful ocean,—till the day when he | |
| Poured forth that stream divine of mighty melody. | | | | |
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