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The intrepid Swiss , who guards a foreign shore , Condemned to climb his mountain - cliffs no more , If chance he hears that song so sweet , so wild , His heart would spring to hear it when a child , Melts at the long - lost scenes that ...
The intrepid Swiss , who guards a foreign shore , Condemned to climb his mountain - cliffs no more , If chance he hears that song so sweet , so wild , His heart would spring to hear it when a child , Melts at the long - lost scenes that ...
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With MEMORY's aid , he sits at home , and sees His children sport beneath their native trees , And bends to hear their cherub - voices call , O'er the loud fury of the torrent's fall . But can her smile with gloomy Madness dwell ?
With MEMORY's aid , he sits at home , and sees His children sport beneath their native trees , And bends to hear their cherub - voices call , O'er the loud fury of the torrent's fall . But can her smile with gloomy Madness dwell ?
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How would he dwell on the vast antlers there ! These dashed the wave , those fanned the mountain - air . All , as they frowned , unwritten records bore Of gallant feats and festivals of yore . But why the tale prolong ? -His only child ...
How would he dwell on the vast antlers there ! These dashed the wave , those fanned the mountain - air . All , as they frowned , unwritten records bore Of gallant feats and festivals of yore . But why the tale prolong ? -His only child ...
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-Exhausted by the storm , A fatal trance hung o'er her pallid form ; Her closing eye a trembling lustre fired ; ' Twas life's last spark - it fluttered and expired ! The father strewed his white hairs in the wind , Called on his child ...
-Exhausted by the storm , A fatal trance hung o'er her pallid form ; Her closing eye a trembling lustre fired ; ' Twas life's last spark - it fluttered and expired ! The father strewed his white hairs in the wind , Called on his child ...
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If chance he hears that song so sweet , so wild , His heart would spring to hear it when a child , The celebrated Ranz des Vaches ; “ cet air si chéri des Suisses qu'il fut défendu sous peine de mort de le jouer dans leurs troupes ...
If chance he hears that song so sweet , so wild , His heart would spring to hear it when a child , The celebrated Ranz des Vaches ; “ cet air si chéri des Suisses qu'il fut défendu sous peine de mort de le jouer dans leurs troupes ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems |
| Author | Samuel Rogers |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Edward Moxon, 1842 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 24 Nov 2016 |
| Length | 304 pages |
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