Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
France: Vols. IX–X. 1876–79. | | | | Paris | | The Tuileries | | George Croly (1780–1860) |
| | (From Paris in 1815)
LARGE, lofty, gorgeous, all that meets the eye, | |
| Strong with the stamp of ancient majesty; | |
| The impress which, so undefined, yet clear, | |
| Tells that the former mighty have been here. | |
| All looking hoary pomp; the walls rich scrolled, | 5 |
| The roof high flourished, arras stiff with gold, | |
| In many a burning hue and broad festoon | |
| Wreathing those casements, blazoned now with noon, | |
| The marble tablets on their silver claws, | |
| Loaded with nymph and grace and pix and vase. | 10 |
| Beside the mirror foot, the Indian screen | |
| Dazzling the eye with dragons red and green; | |
| The mighty mirror, brightening, doubling all, | |
| In its deep crystal lit an endless hall. | | | | |
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