Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Switzerland and Austria: Vol. XVI. 1876–79. | | | | Switzerland: Stanz | | Lines Suggested by the Statue of Arnold Von Winkelried, Stanz-Underwalden | | Thomas Campbell (1777–1844) |
| | | INSPIRING and romantic Switzers’ land, | |
| Though marked with majesty by Nature’s hand, | |
| What charm ennobles most thy landscape’s face? | |
| The heroic memory of thy native race,— | |
| Who forced tyrannic hosts to bleed or flee, | 5 |
| And made their rocks the ramparts of the free; | |
| Their fastnesses rolled back the invading tide | |
| Of conquest, and their mountains taught them pride. | |
| Hence they have patriot names,—in fancy’s eye, | |
| Bright as their glaciers glittering in the sky; | 10 |
| Patriots who make the pageantries of kings | |
| Like shadows seem and unsubstantial things. | |
| Their guiltless glory mocks oblivion’s rust, | |
| Imperishable, for their cause was just. | |
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| Heroes of old! to whom the Nine have strung | 15 |
| Their lyres, and spirit-stirring anthems sung; | |
| Heroes of chivalry! whose banners grace | |
| The isles of many a consecrated place, | |
| Confess how few of you can match in fame | |
| The martyr Winkelried’s immortal name! | 20 | | | |
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