Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Stratford-on-Avon | | Stratford-upon-Avon, January, 1837 | | Henry Alford (1810–1871) |
| | | WE stood upon the tomb of him whose praise | |
| Time, nor oblivious thrift, nor envy chill, | |
| Nor war, nor ocean with her severing space, | |
| Shall hinder from the peopled world to fill; | |
| And thus, in fulness of our heart, we cried: | 5 |
| God’s works are wonderful,—the circling sky, | |
| The rivers that with noiseless footing glide, | |
| Man’s firm-built strength, and woman’s liquid eye; | |
| But the high spirit that sleepeth here below, | |
| More than all beautiful and stately things, | 10 |
| Glory to God the mighty Maker brings; | |
| To whom alone ’t was given the bounds to know | |
| Of human action, and the secret springs | |
| Whence the deep streams of joy and sorrow flow. | | | | |
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