Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Stratford-on-Avon | | Shakespeare | | Thomas Gray (1716–1771) |
| | (From The Progress of Poesy)
FAR from the sun and summer gale, | |
| In thy green lap was Nature’s darling laid, | |
| What time, where lucid Avon strayed, | |
| To him the mighty mother did unveil | |
| Her awful face; the dauntless child | 5 |
| Stretched forth his little arms, and smiled. | |
| This pencil take (she said), whose colors clear | |
| Richly paint the vernal year; | |
| Thine too these golden keys, immortal boy! | |
| This can unlock the gates of joy; | 10 |
| Of horror that and thrilling fears, | |
| Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears. | | | | |
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