Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Switzerland and Austria: Vol. XVI. 1876–79. | | | | Switzerland: Brienz, the Lake | | Scene on the Lake of Brienz | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | “WHAT know we of the blest above | |
| But that they sing and that they love?” | |
| Yet, if they ever did inspire | |
| A mortal hymn, or shaped the choir, | |
| Now, where those harvest damsels float | 5 |
| Homeward in their rugged boat | |
| (While all the ruffling winds are fled, | |
| Each slumbering on some mountain’s head), | |
| Now, surely, hath that gracious aid | |
| Been felt, that influence is displayed. | 10 |
| Pupils of heaven, in order stand | |
| The rustic maidens, every hand | |
| Upon a sister’s shoulder laid,— | |
| To chant, as glides the boat along, | |
| A simple, but a touching, song; | 15 |
| To chant, as angels do above, | |
| The melodies of peace in love! | | | | |
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