Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79.
Gloucestershire
By William Shakespeare (1564–1616)(From King Richard the Second)
B
I am a stranger here in Gloustershire.
These high wild hills and rough uneven ways
Draw out our miles, and make them wearisome,
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and délectable.
But, I bethink me, what a weary way
From Ravenspurg to Cotswold will be found
In Ross and Willoughby, wanting your company;
Which, I protest, hath very much beguiled
The tediousness and process of my travel.