Cadenabbia Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

No sound of wheels or hoof-beat breaks
       &nbsp The silence of the summer day,
As by the loveliest of all lakes
       &nbsp I while the idle hours away.

I pace the leafy colonnade
       &nbsp Where level branches of the plane
Above me weave a roof of shade
       &nbsp Impervious to the sun and rain.

At times a sudden rush of air
       &nbsp Flutters the lazy leaves o'erhead,
And gleams of sunshine toss and flare
       &nbsp Like torches down the path I tread.

By Somariva's garden gate
       &nbsp I make the marble stairs my seat,
And hear the water, as I wait,
       &nbsp Lapping the steps beneath my feet.

The undulation sinks and swells
       &nbsp Along the stony parapets,
And far away the floating bells
       &nbsp Tinkle upon the fisher's nets.

Silent and slow, by tower and town
       &nbsp The freighted barges come and go,
Their pendent shadows gliding down
       &nbsp By town and tower submerged below.