Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | New England: Boston, Mass. | | The Harbor | | Robert Southey (1774–1843) |
| | (From A New England Tale)
SCATTERED within the peaceful bay | |
| Many a fair isle and islet lay, | |
| And rocks and banks which threatened there | |
| No peril to the mariner. | |
| The shores which bent around were gay | 5 |
| With maizals, and with pastures green, | |
| And rails and hedge-row trees between, | |
| And fields for harvest white, | |
| And dwellings sprinkled up and down; | |
| And round about the clustered town, | 10 |
| Which rose in sunshine bright, | |
| Was many a sheltered garden spot, | |
| And many a sunny orchard plot, | |
| And bowers which might invite | |
| The studious man to take his seat | 15 |
| Within their quiet, cool retreat, | |
| When noon was at its height. | |
| No heart that was at ease, I ween, | |
| Could gaze on that surrounding scene | |
| Without a calm delight. | 20 | | | |
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