A MEETING of bright streams and valleys green; Of heathy precipice; umbrageous glade; Dark, dimpling eddies, 'neath bird-haunted shade; White torrents gushing splintered rocks between; With winding woodland roads; and, dimly seen Through the deep dell ere hazy sunset fade, Castle and spire and bridge, in gold arrayed; While o'er the deepening mist of the ravine The perspective of mountain looms afar. Such was our Raleigh's home, and here his eye Drank deep of nature's wild variety, Feeding on hopes and dreams! From the world's war Retired, he dwelt; nor deemed how soon his star Should set, dishonored, in a bloody sea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LITTLE FIRE IN THE WOODS by HAYDEN CARRUTH I SING OF LOVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON 1914: 1. PEACE by RUPERT BROOKE ON COMMUNISTS; EPIGRAM by EBENEZER ELLIOTT THE ODYSSEY: THE GARDENS OF ALCINOUS by HOMER SOMETHING BEYOND by MARY CLEMMER AMES HUDSON |