Advance--come forth from thy Tyrolean ground, Dear Liberty! stern Nymph of soul untamed; Sweet Nymph, O rightly of the mountains named! Through the long chain of Alps from mound to mound And o'er the eternal snows, like Echo, bound; Like Echo, when the hunter train at dawn Have roused her from her sleep: and forest-lawn, Cliffs, woods and caves, her viewless steps resound And babble of her pastime!--On, dread Power! With such invisible motion speed thy flight, Through hanging clouds, from craggy height to height, Through the green vales and through the herdsman's bower-- That all the Alps may gladden in thy might, Here, there, and in all places at one hour. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LANCER by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN PREJUDICE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON RAIN ON THE ROOF (1) by COATES KINNEY SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 105 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ANACREON by ANTIPATER OF SIDON A SPRING CAROL by ADRA CAROLINE BATCHELDER |