Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Hawthornden | | Sonnet on Hawthornden | | William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) |
| | | DEAR wood, and you, sweet solitary place, | |
| Where from the vulgar I estrangéd live, | |
| Contented more with what your shades me give, | |
| Than if I had what Thetis doth embrace; | |
| What snaky eye, grown jealous of my peace, | 5 |
| Now from your silent horrors would me drive, | |
| When sun, progressing in his glorious race | |
| Beyond the Twins, doth near our pole arrive? | |
| What sweet delight a quiet life affords, | |
| And what it is to be of bondage free, | 10 |
| Far from the maddening worldlings’ hoarse discords, | |
| Sweet flowery place, I first did learn of thee: | |
| Ah! if I were mine own, your dear resorts | |
| I would not change with princes’ stately courts. | | | | |
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