Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Stratford-on-Avon | | At Stratford-upon-Avon | | Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907) |
| | | THUS spake his dust (so seemed it as I read | |
| The words): Good frend for Jesvs’ sake forbeare | |
| (Poor ghost!) To digg the dvst enclosed heare,— | |
| Then came the malediction on the head | |
| Of who so dare disturb the sacred dead. | 5 |
| Outside the mavis whistled strong and clear, | |
| And, touched with the sweet glamour of the year, | |
| The winding Avon murmured in its bed. | |
| But in the little Stratford church the air | |
| Was chill and dank, and on the foot-worn tomb | 10 |
| The evening shadows deepened momently: | |
| Then a great awe crept on me, standing there, | |
| As if some speechless Presence in the gloom | |
| Was hovering, and fain would speak with me. | | | | |
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