Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
France: Vols. IX–X. 1876–79.
St. Cloud
By Sir Walter Scott (17711832)S
Her veil of darksome blue;
Ten thousand stars combined to light
The terrace of St. Cloud.
Like breath of lover true,
Bewailing the deserted pride
And wreck of sweet St. Cloud.
The bugle wildly blew
Good-night to Hulan and Hussar,
That garrison St. Cloud.
With broken urns withdrew,
And silenced was that proud cascade,
The glory of St. Cloud.
Nor could its silence rue,
When waked, to music of our own,
The echoes of St. Cloud.
Fall light as summer dew,
While through the moonless air they float
Prolonged from far St. Cloud.
His waters never knew,
Though music’s self was wont to meet
With princes at St. Cloud.
The circle round her drew,
Than ours, when gathered round to hear
Our songstress at St. Cloud.
Then give those hours their due,
And rank among the foremost class
Our evenings at St. Cloud.