Where a Roman Villa Stood Above Freiburg by Mary E Coleridge
b'Mary Coleridge read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to classic poetry.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\n Where a Roman Villa Stood, Above Freiburg \\nMary E. Coleridge (1861 \\u2013 1907)\\n\\n\\nOn alien ground, breathing an alien air,\\nA Roman stood, far from his ancient home,\\nAnd gazing, murmured,\\n"Ah, the hills are fair,\\u2028But not the hills of Rome!"\\n\\nDescendant of a race to Romans-kin,\\nWhere the old son of Empire stood, I stand.\\nThe self-same rocks fold the same valley in,\\nUntouched of human hand.\\n\\nOver another shines the self-same star,\\nAnother heart with nameless longing fills,\\nCrying aloud, "How beautiful they are,\\nBut not our English hills!"'