Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Africa: Vol. XXIV. 1876–79.
The Rock of Elks
By Thomas Pringle (17891834)D
Where fresh from the Rock of Elks blue waters swell;
And fast by that fountain a yellow-wood tree,
Which shelters the spot that is dearest to me.
Prone o’er the clear pool the herd-boy is gazing;
Under the shade my beloved is singing,—
The shade of the tree where her cradle is swinging.
Though spent with the chase, and the game for my lading,
My nerves are new-strung, and my light heart is swelling,
As I gaze from the Rock of Elks over my dwelling.