Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Oceanica: Vol. XXXI. 1876–79. | | | | Various Islands: Canary Islands | | Teneriffe | | Thomas Warton (1728–1790) |
| | (From The Pleasures of Melancholy)
MOTHER of musings, Contemplation sage, | |
| Whose grotto stands upon the topmost rock | |
| Of Teneriffe: mid the tempestuous night, | |
| On which, in calmest meditation held, | |
| Thou hear’st with howling winds the beating rain | 5 |
| And drifting hail descend; or if the skies | |
| Unclouded shine, and through the blue serene | |
| Pale Cynthia rolls her silver-axled car, | |
| Whence gazing steadfast on the spangled vault | |
| Raptured thou sitt’st, while murmurs indistinct | 10 |
| Of distant billows soothe thy pensive ear | |
| With hoarse and hollow sounds; secure, self-blest, | |
| There oft thou listen’st to the wild uproar | |
| Of fleets encountering, that in whispers low | |
| Ascends the rocky summit, where thou dwell’st | 15 |
| Remote from man, conversing with the spheres! * * * * * | | | | |
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