Cadenabbia

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * Track #185 On The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Cadenabbia by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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No sound of wheels or hoof-beat breaks
&nbsp The silence of the summer day,
As by the loveliest of all lakes
&nbsp I while the idle hours away.

I pace the leafy colonnade
&nbsp Where level branches of the plane
Above me weave a roof of shade
&nbsp Impervious to the sun and rain.

At times a sudden rush of air
&nbsp Flutters the lazy leaves o'erhead,
And gleams of sunshine toss and flare
&nbsp Like torches down the path I tread.

By Somariva's garden gate
&nbsp I make the marble stairs my seat,
And hear the water, as I wait,
&nbsp Lapping the steps beneath my feet.

The undulation sinks and swells
&nbsp Along the stony parapets,
And far away the floating bells
&nbsp Tinkle upon the fisher's nets.

Silent and slow, by tower and town
&nbsp The freighted barges come and go,
Their pendent shadows gliding down
&nbsp By town and tower submerged below.

The hills sweep upward from the shore,
&nbsp With villas scattered one by one
Upon their wooded spurs, and lower
&nbsp Bellaggio blazing in the sun.

And dimly seen, a tangled mass
&nbsp Of walls and woods, of light and shade,
Stands beckoning up the Stelvio Pass
&nbsp Varenna with its white cascade.

I ask myself, Is this a dream?
&nbsp Will it all vanish into air?
Is there a land of such supreme
&nbsp And perfect beauty anywhere?
Sweet vision! Do not fade away;

&nbsp Linger until my heart shall take
Into itself the summer day,
&nbsp And all the beauty of the lake.

Linger until upon my brain
&nbsp Is stamped an image of the scene,
Then fade into the air again,
&nbsp And be as if thou hadst not been.

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