Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Africa: Vol. XXIV. 1876–79. | | | | Central and Southern Africa: Cape Colony | | The Rock of Elks | | Thomas Pringle (1789–1834) |
| | | DEEP in the forest lies hid a green dell, | |
| Where fresh from the Rock of Elks blue waters swell; | |
| And fast by that fountain a yellow-wood tree, | |
| Which shelters the spot that is dearest to me. | |
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| Down by the streamlet my heifers are grazing; | 5 |
| Prone o’er the clear pool the herd-boy is gazing; | |
| Under the shade my beloved is singing,— | |
| The shade of the tree where her cradle is swinging. | |
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| When I come from the hill as the daylight is fading, | |
| Though spent with the chase, and the game for my lading, | 10 |
| My nerves are new-strung, and my light heart is swelling, | |
| As I gaze from the Rock of Elks over my dwelling. | | | | |
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