135. Where Hudson's Wave by George Pope Morris. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

135. Where Hudson’s Wave

By George Pope Morris


WHERE Hudson’s wave o’er silvery sands
Winds through the hills afar,
Old Cronest like a monarch stands,
Crowned with a single star!
And there, amid the billowy swells	5
Of rock-ribbed, cloud-capped earth,
My fair and gentle Ida dwells,
A nymph of mountain-birth.

The snow-flake that the cliff receives,
The diamonds of the showers,	10
Spring’s tender blossoms, buds, and leaves,
The sisterhood of flowers,
Morn’s early beam, eve’s balmy breeze,
Her purity define;
Yet Ida’s dearer far than these	15
To this fond breast of mine.

My heart is on the hills. The shades
Of night are on my brow:
Ye pleasant haunts and quiet glades,
My soul is with you now!	20
I bless the star-crowned highlands where
My Ida’s footsteps roam:
O for a falcon’s wing to bear
Me onward to my home!