Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79.
Amenia
By Horatio Nelson Powers (18261890)A
On gentle slopes and knolls of green;
Steep mountains sharp against the sky;
Clear streams and tiny lakes between.
Old groves that shade ancestral eaves;
Farms which the prosperous season fills
With flocks, and fruits, and golden sheaves.
The woodlands stand in musings sweet,
It seems as if the heart of prayer
In all this charméd valley beat.
The meadows bloom with sweet desire,
From mountains kindred spirits reach
To clasp the glory streaming higher.
Of feet that made the landscape dear;
In every flower I feel the grace
Of lives that purely blossomed here.