Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Skiddaw | | Skiddaw | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | PELION and Ossa flourish side by side, | |
| Together in immortal books enrolled: | |
| His ancient dower Olympus hath not sold, | |
| And that inspiring hill, which “did divide | |
| Into two ample horns his forehead wide,” | 5 |
| Shines with poetic radiance as of old; | |
| While not an English mountain we behold | |
| By the celestial muses glorified. | |
| Yet round our sea-girt shore they rise in crowds: | |
| What was the great Parnassus’ self to thee, | 10 |
| Mount Skiddaw? In his natural sovereignty | |
| Our British hill is nobler far; he shrouds | |
| His double front among Atlantic clouds, | |
| And pours forth streams more sweet than Castaly. | | | | |
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