Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | New England: Nahant, Mass. | | Agassiz | | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | | I STAND again on the familiar shore, | |
| And hear the waves of the distracted sea | |
| Piteously calling and lamenting thee, | |
| And waiting restless at thy cottage door. | |
| The rocks, the seaweed on the ocean floor, | 5 |
| The willows in the meadow, and the free | |
| Wild winds of the Atlantic welcome me; | |
| Then why shouldst thou be dead, and come no more? | |
| Ah, why shouldst thou be dead, when common men | |
| Are busy with their trivial affairs, | 10 |
| Having and holding? Why, when thou hadst read | |
| Nature’s mysterious manuscript, and then | |
| Wast ready to reveal the truth it bears, | |
| Why art thou silent? Why shouldst thou be dead? | | | | |
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