Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Switzerland and Austria: Vol. XVI. 1876–79. | | | | Switzerland: Handeck, the Falls | | The Fall of the Aar | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | FROM the fierce aspect of this river, throwing | |
| His giant body o’er the steep rock’s brink, | |
| Back in astonishment and fear we shrink: | |
| But, gradually a calmer look bestowing, | |
| Flowers we espy beside the torrent growing; | 5 |
| Flowers that peep forth from many a cleft and chink, | |
| And, from the whirlwind of his anger, drink | |
| Hues ever fresh, in rocky fortress blowing: | |
| They suck—from breath that, threatening to destroy, | |
| Is more benignant than the dewy eve— | 10 |
| Beauty, and life, and motions as of joy: | |
| Nor doubt but He to whom you pine-trees nod | |
| Their heads in sign of worship, Nature’s God, | |
| These humbler adorations will receive. | | | | |
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