ENGLAND AND SWITZERLAND. 1802. by W. WORDSWORTH.
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| ENGLAND AND SWITZERLAND. 1802. | |
Two Voices are there; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains; each a mighty voice: In both from age to age thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen music, Liberty! There came a tyrant, and with holy glee Thou fought'st against him,--but hast vainly striven: Thou from thy Alpine holds at length are driven Where not a torrent murmurs heard by thee. --Of one deep bliss thine ear hath been bereft; Then cleave, O cleave to that which still is left-- For, high-soul'd Maid, what sorrow would it be That Mountain floods should thunder as before, And Ocean bellow from his rocky shore, And neither awful Voice be heard by Thee! |
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| W. WORDSWORTH., THE GOLDEN TREASURY Of the best Songs and Lyrical Pieces In the English Language Selected by Francis Turner Palgrave | |
| Notes: Switzerland was usurped by the French under Napoleon in 1800: Venice in 1797 (211). PALGRAVE'S NOTES. |
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