Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Switzerland and Austria: Vol. XVI. 1876–79. | | | | Switzerland: Reuss, the River | | Urseren | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
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FROM the green vale of Urseren smooth and wide | |
| Descend we now, the maddened Reuss our guide; | |
| By rocks that, shutting out the blessed day, | |
| Cling tremblingly to rocks as loose as they; | |
| By cells upon whose image, while he prays, | 5 |
| The kneeling peasant scarcely dares to gaze; | |
| By many a votive death-cross planted near, | |
| And watered duly with the pious tear, | |
| That faded silent from the upward eye, | |
| Unmoved with each rude form of peril nigh; | 10 |
| Fixed on the anchor left by Him who saves | |
| Alike in whelming snows and roaring waves. | | | | |
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