Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Dunolly Castle | | Eagles | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | DISHONORED rock and ruin! that, by law | |
| Tyrannic, keep the bird of Jove embarred | |
| Like a lone criminal whose life is spared. | |
| Vexed is he, and screams loud. The last I saw | |
| Was on the wing; stooping, he struck with awe | 5 |
| Man, bird, and beast; then, with a consort paired, | |
| From a bold headland, their loved eyrie’s guard, | |
| Flew high above Atlantic waves, to draw | |
| Light from the fountain of the setting sun. | |
| Such was this prisoner once; and when his plumes | 10 |
| The sea-blast ruffles as the storm comes on, | |
| Then, for a moment, he in spirit resumes | |
| His rank ’mong freeborn creatures that live free, | |
| His power, his beauty, and his majesty. | | | | |
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