Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Wales: Skirid | | Skirid, a Hill near Abergavenny | | William Sotheby (1757–1833) |
| | | SKIRID! remembrance thy loved scene renews; | |
| Fancy, yet lingering on thy shaggy brow, | |
| Beholds around the lengthened landscape glow, | |
| Which charmed, when late the day-beam’s parting hues | |
| Purpled the distant cliff. The crystal stream | 5 |
| Of Usk bright winds the verdant meads among; | |
| The dark heights lower with wild woods o’erhung; | |
| Pale on the gray tower falls the twilight gleam, | |
| And frequent I recall the sudden breeze, | |
| Which, as the sun shot up his last pale flame, | 10 |
| Shook every light leaf shivering on the trees: | |
| Then, bathed in dew, meek evening silent came, | |
| While the low wind, that faint and fainter fell, | |
| Soft murmured to the dying day—Farewell! | | | | |
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