Travels by the Fireside

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Travels by the Fireside by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The ceaseless rain is falling fast,
&nbsp And yonder gilded vane,
Immovable for three days past,
&nbsp Points to the misty main,

It drives me in upon myself
&nbsp And to the fireside gleams,
To pleasant books that crowd my shelf,
&nbsp And still more pleasant dreams,

I read whatever bards have sung
&nbsp Of lands beyond the sea,
And the bright days when I was young
&nbsp Come thronging back to me.

In fancy I can hear again
&nbsp The Alpine torrent's roar,
The mule-bells on the hills of Spain,
&nbsp The sea at Elsinore.

I see the convent's gleaming wall
&nbsp Rise from its groves of pine,
And towers of old cathedrals tall,
&nbsp And castles by the Rhine.

I journey on by park and spire,
&nbsp Beneath centennial trees,
Through fields with poppies all on fire,
&nbsp And gleams of distant seas.

I fear no more the dust and heat,
&nbsp No more I feel fatigue,
While journeying with another's feet
&nbsp O'er many a lengthening league.

Let others traverse sea and land,
&nbsp And toil through various climes,
I turn the world round with my hand
&nbsp Reading these poets' rhymes.

From them I learn whatever lies
&nbsp Beneath each changing zone,
And see, when looking with their eyes,
&nbsp Better than with mine own.

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