Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Cockermouth | | In Sight of the Town of Cockermouth | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | Where the Author Was Born, and His Father’s Remains Are Laid |
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A POINT of life between my parents’ dust | |
| And yours, my buried little ones! am I; | |
| And to those graves looking habitually, | |
| In kindred quiet I repose my trust. | |
| Death to the innocent is more than just, | 5 |
| And, to the sinner, mercifully bent; | |
| So may I hope, if truly I repent | |
| And meekly bear the ills which bear I must: | |
| And you, my offspring! that do still remain, | |
| Yet may outstrip me in the appointed race, | 10 |
| If e’er, through fault of mine, in mutual pain | |
| We breathed together for a moment’s space, | |
| The wrong, by love provoked, let love arraign, | |
| And only love keep in your hearts a place. | | | |
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