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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NORUMBEGA HALL, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Not on penobscot's wooded bank the spires
Last Line: And norumbega is a myth no more.
Subject(s): Horsford, Eben Morton (1818-1893); Wellesley College
First Line: Not on penobscot's wooded bank the spires
Last Line: And norumbega is a myth no more.
Subject(s): Horsford, Eben Morton (1818-1893); Wellesley College
NOT on Penobscot's wooded bank the spires
Of the sought City rose, nor yet beside
The winding Charles, nor where the daily tide
Of Naumkeag's haven rises and retires,
The vision tarried; but somewhere we knew
The beautiful gates must open to our quest,
Somewhere that marvellous City of the West
Would lift its towers and palace domes in view,
And, lo! at last its mystery is made known --
Its only dwellers maidens fair and young,
Its Princess such as England's Laureate sung;
And safe from capture, save by love alone,
It lends its beauty to the lake's green shore,
And Norumbega is a myth no more.
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