Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Tynemouth | | Written at Tynemouth, Northumberland, after a Tempestuous Voyage | | William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| | | AS slow I climb the cliff’s ascending side, | |
| Much musing on the track of terror past, | |
| When o’er the dark wave rode the howling blast, | |
| Pleased I look back, and view the tranquil tide | |
| That laves the pebbled shore; and now the beam | 5 |
| Of evening smiles on the gray battlement, | |
| And yon forsaken tower that time has rent;— | |
| The lifted oar far off with silver gleam | |
| Is touched, and hushed is all the billowy deep! | |
| Soothed by the scene, thus on tired Nature’s breast | 10 |
| A stillness slowly steals, and kindred rest; | |
| While sea-sounds lull her, as she sinks to sleep, | |
| Like melodies which mourn upon the lyre, | |
| Waked by the breeze, and, as they mourn, expire! | | | | |
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