Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Rivers of England | | Rivers of England | | John Milton (1608–1674) |
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RIVERS arise; whether thou be the son | |
| Of utmost Tweed, or Ouse, or gulfy Dun, | |
| Or Trent, who like some earth-born giant spreads | |
| His thirty arms along the indented meads, | |
| Or sullen Mole that runneth underneath, | 5 |
| Or Severn swift, guilty of maiden’s death, | |
| Or rocky Avon, or of sedgy Lee, | |
| Or coaly Tine, or ancient hallowed Dee, | |
| Or Humber land that keeps the Scythian’s name, | |
| Or Medway smooth, or royal towered Thame. | 10 | | | |
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