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...ON A PORTRAIT OF WORDSWORTH BY B.R. HAYDON by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE MEANING OF THE LOOK by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING DULCE ET DECORUM EST by WILFRED OWEN THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A HYMN OF FORM by GORDON BOTTOMLEY HASTINGS' SONNETS: 8 by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES |