Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Loch Maree | | The Well of Loch Maree | | John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) |
| | | CALM on the breast of Loch Maree | |
| A little isle reposes; | |
| A shadow woven of the oak | |
| And willow o’er it closes. | |
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| Within, a Druid’s mound is seen, | 5 |
| Set round with stony warders; | |
| A fountain, gushing through the turf, | |
| Flows o’er its grassy borders. | |
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| And whoso bathes therein his brow, | |
| With care or madness burning, | 10 |
| Feels once again his healthful thought | |
| And sense of peace returning. | |
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| O restless heart and fevered brain, | |
| Unquiet and unstable, | |
| That holy well of Loch Maree | 15 |
| Is more than idle fable! | |
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| Life’s changes vex, its discords stun, | |
| Its glaring sunshine blindeth, | |
| And blest is he who on his way | |
| That fount of healing findeth! | 20 |
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| The shadows of a humbled will | |
| And contrite heart are o’er it; | |
| Go read its legend,—“TRUST IN GOD”— | |
| On Faith’s white stones before it. | | | | |
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