Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79.
Eryri Wen
By Felicia Hemans (17931835)
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With heaven’s own azure crowned!
Who called thee—what thou shalt be still,
White Snowdon!—holy ground.
Of the dread power enshrined
Within thy cloudy mantle’s fold
And on thy rushing wind!
It filled thy chainless air,
Deep thoughts of majesty and might
Forever breathing there.
Yet holds unbroken sway,
As when on that wild rock it fell
Where Merddin Emrys lay.
Thine eagles long have flown,
As proud a flight the soul shall soar
Yet from thy mountain throne!
And make the snows thy crest!
The sunlight of immortal dreams
Around thee still shall rest.
And fortress of the free!
Midst rocks which heroes died to guard,
Their spirit dwells with thee!