Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79. | | | | Appendix: Baja (Baiæ) | | Baiæ | | Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| | (From Ruins of Many Lands)
BUT Baiæ, soft retreat in days of yore, | |
| Recalls our step, and wooes us to its shore. | |
| Heroes and emperors trod this smiling strand, | |
| And art, song, pleasure reigned, a fairy band. | |
| Here Cæsar stooped his pride to garden bowers, | 5 |
| And stern-browed Marius wreathed his sword with flowers; | |
| Here rich Lucullus gorgeous banquets spread, | |
| And Pollio time in chains of roses led: | |
| Steeped in warm bliss seemed ocean, earth, and sky, | |
| Life one rich dream of love and luxury. | 10 | | | |
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