Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Trent, the River | | The Trent | | Henry Kirke White (1785–1806) |
| | | ONCE more, O Trent! along thy pebbly marge | |
| A pensive invalid, reduced, and pale, | |
| From the close sick-room newly let at large, | |
| Wooes to his wan-worn cheek the pleasant gale. | |
| O, to his ear how musical the tale | 5 |
| Which fills with joy the throstle’s little throat! | |
| And all the sounds which on the fresh breeze sail, | |
| How wildly novel on his senses float! | |
| It was on this that many a sleepless night, | |
| As lone he watched the taper’s sickly gleam, | 10 |
| And at his casement heard, with wild affright, | |
| The owl’s dull wing and melancholy scream, | |
| On this he thought, this, this, his sole desire, | |
| Thus once again to hear the warbling woodland choir. | | | | |
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