Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | Middle States: Amenia, N. Y. | | Amenia | | Horatio Nelson Powers (1826–1890) |
| | (Excerpt)
A PLEASANT vale; bright fields that lie | |
| On gentle slopes and knolls of green; | |
| Steep mountains sharp against the sky; | |
| Clear streams and tiny lakes between. | |
| |
| Cool bowery lanes ’mong happy hills; | 5 |
| Old groves that shade ancestral eaves; | |
| Farms which the prosperous season fills | |
| With flocks, and fruits, and golden sheaves. | |
| |
| A holy feeling soothes the air, | |
| The woodlands stand in musings sweet, | 10 |
| It seems as if the heart of prayer | |
| In all this charméd valley beat. | |
| |
| The hills are voiced with sacred speech, | |
| The meadows bloom with sweet desire, | |
| From mountains kindred spirits reach | 15 |
| To clasp the glory streaming higher. | |
| |
| In every path I see the trace | |
| Of feet that made the landscape dear; | |
| In every flower I feel the grace | |
| Of lives that purely blossomed here. * * * * * | 20 | | | |
|
|
