Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Switzerland and Austria: Vol. XVI. 1876–79. | | | | Switzerland: Payerne | | Queen Bertha | | Philippe-Sirice Bridel (1757–1845) |
| | Anonymous translation
THY name is ever blest, | |
| Thy memory ever fair, | |
| And peaceful be thy sainted rest, | |
| Beloved queen! in earth’s cold breast | |
| As in our hearts,—for thou art there! | 5 |
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| With thine own hand thou didst the spindle guide! | |
| Thy royal hand, that oft a sceptre bore. | |
| Instructress of the hamlet! and the pride | |
| And solace of the city: yet not more | |
| A model for the great ones of the earth | 10 |
| Than for the dwellers round the poor man’s hearth! | |
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| Ah! who that reads the tale of days gone by | |
| But loves to turn,—yet turns with half a sigh | |
| Back to the good old times, the golden age | |
| When first thy name sheds brightness o’er the page! | 15 |
| Times full of teaching for those yet to run, | |
| When Bertha on her palfrey rode and spun. | |
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| Thy name is ever blest, | |
| Thy memory ever fair, | |
| And peaceful be thy sainted rest, | 20 |
| Beloved queen! in earth’s cold breast | |
| As in our hearts,—for thou art there! | | | | |
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