A CRY FROM DERWENTWATER

Shall then the stream of ruinous Lodore

Not fill the valley with its changeful sound

Unchallenged! shall grey Derwent’s sacred bound

Hear the harsh brawl and intermittent roar

Of mocking waves upon an iron shore,

Whereby nor health nor happiness is found!—

While steam-wains drag from Honister’s heart wound

The long cooled ashes of its fiery core!