Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Bolton Abbey | | Bolton Abbey | | Newman Hall (1816–1902) |
| | | ENTRANCED with varied loveliness, I gaze | |
| On Bolton’s hallowed fane. Its hoary walls, | |
| More eloquent, in ruin, than the halls | |
| Of princely pomp, their solemn features raise | |
| Mid thick embowering elms. Meek cattle graze | 5 |
| The peaceful pastures circling it around; | |
| Old Wharf flows sparkling by with pensive sound, | |
| And heathery hills look down through purple haze. | |
| All lend their aid to prompt these humble lays; | |
| Some kind and soothing influence all have given,— | 10 |
| The mouldering abbey and the moss-grown grave, | |
| The breezy moorland and the rock-nurst wave, | |
| Cliff, meadow, forest,—all direct to heaven, | |
| All blend their voices in one psalm of praise. | | | | |
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