Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | Middle States: Philadelphia, Pa. | | Philadelphia | | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | (From Evangeline)
IN that delightful land which is washed by the Delaware’s waters, | |
| Guarding in sylvan shades the name of Penn the apostle, | |
| Stands on the banks of its beautiful stream the city he founded. | |
| There all the air is balm, and the peach is the emblem of beauty, | |
| And the streets still re-echo the names of the trees of the forest, | 5 |
| As if they fain would appease the Dryads whose haunts they molested. | |
| There from the troubled sea had Evangeline landed, an exile, | |
| Finding among the children of Penn a home and a country. | |
| There old René Leblanc had died; and when he departed, | |
| Saw at his side only one of all his hundred descendants. | 10 |
| Something at least there was in the friendly streets of the city, | |
| Something that spake to her heart, and made her no longer a stranger; | |
| And her ear was pleased with the Thee and Thou of the Quakers, | |
| For it recalled the past, the old Acadian country, | |
| Where all men were equal, and all were brothers and sisters. | 15 | | | |
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