Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79. | | | | Thrasimene, the Lake | | Thrasymene | | Charles Strong (1785–1864) |
| | | IS this the spot where Rome’s eternal foe | |
| Into his snares the mighty legions drew, | |
| Whence from the carnage, spiritless and few, | |
| A remnant scarcely reached her gates of woe? | |
| Is this the stream, thus gliding soft and slow, | 5 |
| That, from the gushing wounds of thousands, grew | |
| So fierce a flood, that waves of crimson hue | |
| Rushed on the bosom of the lake below? | |
| The mountains that gave back the battle-cry | |
| Are silent now;—perchance yon hillocks green | 10 |
| Mark where the bones of those old warriors lie! | |
| Heaven never gladdened a more peaceful scene; | |
| Never left softer breeze a fairer sky | |
| To sport upon thy waters, Thrasymene. | | | | |
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