Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory to Syria | | Syria | | Lord Morpeth (1802–1864) |
| | | BLOW, gentle airs! but on your balmy wing | |
| I ask no flowery tribute of the spring, | |
| No spicy buds in Antioch’s vale that bloom, | |
| No silken stores from rich Aleppo’s loom, | |
| Nor all the wealth that down Orontes’ tide | 5 |
| With Syrian softness hardier climes supplied. | |
| Blow, gentle airs! on this fair Eastern eve, | |
| With breath as holy as the land ye leave; | |
| From Lebanon’s peaks, from blue Gennesareth’s shore, | |
| On the worn heart divine refreshment pour; | 10 |
| From Nazareth’s slope, from high Capernaum’s crest, | |
| Shed heavenly healing on the sinful breast; | |
| And in the calm and brightness mirrored here | |
| Waft the blest presage of a purer sphere. | | | | |
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