SWITZERLAND
Here Heaven and earth clasp in closest embrace;
Here Beauty makes canvas of measureless space
Whereon her unfading pictures to trace!
Here Joy is petrified at highest leap!
Here Day by Night's couch her vigil doth keep!
Here Beauty makes canvas of measureless space
Whereon her unfading pictures to trace!
Here Joy is petrified at highest leap!
Here Day by Night's couch her vigil doth keep!
O Switzerland! Nature's Doxology,
Sung by the ages, continuously!
Thy mountain-hands lift as priests, blessingly,
And wreathed with glory are their furrowed scalps,
By Eidelweiss,—ermine-clad daisies of the Alps!
Sung by the ages, continuously!
Thy mountain-hands lift as priests, blessingly,
And wreathed with glory are their furrowed scalps,
By Eidelweiss,—ermine-clad daisies of the Alps!
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