Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Binstead | | Written in the Porch of Binstead Church, Isle of Wight | | Horace Smith (1779–1849) |
| | | FAREWELL, sweet Binstead! take a fond farewell | |
| From one unused to sight of woods and seas. | |
| Amid the strife of cities doomed to dwell, | |
| Yet roused to ecstasy by scenes like these, | |
| Who could forever sit beneath thy trees, | 5 |
| Inhaling fragrance from the flowery dell; | |
| Or, listening to the murmur of the breeze, | |
| Gaze with delight on Ocean’s awful swell. | |
| Again farewell! nor deem that I profane | |
| Thy sacred porch; for while the Sabbath strain | 10 |
| May fail to turn the sinner from his ways, | |
| These are impressions none can feel in vain,— | |
| These are the wonders that perforce must raise | |
| The soul to God, in reverential praise. | | | | |
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