Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Russia: Vol. XX. 1876–79. | | | | Crimea (Taurica Chersonesus) | | An Inscription in the Crimea | | Samuel Rogers (1763–1855) |
| | | SHEPHERD, or huntsman, or worn mariner, | |
| Whate’er thou art, who wouldst allay thy thirst, | |
| Drink and be glad. This cistern of white stone, | |
| Arched, and o’erwrought with many a sacred verse, | |
| This iron cup chained for the general use, | 5 |
| And these rude seats of earth within the grove, | |
| Were given by Fatima. Borne hence a bride, | |
| ’T was here she turned from her beloved sire, | |
| To see his face no more. O, if thou canst | |
| (’T is not far off), visit his tomb with flowers; | 10 |
| And with a drop of this sweet water fill | |
| The two small cells scooped in the marble there, | |
| That birds may come and drink upon his grave, | |
| Making it holy. | | | | |
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