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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A MELOLOGUE UPON NATIONAL MUSIC: SWISS AIR, by THOMAS MOORE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: But wake the trumpet's blast again
Last Line: From slavery's slumber, breathes to liberty!
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Music & Musicians; National Song - Switzerland; Swiss National Anthem


ALPINE HEIGHTS, by FRIEDRICH ADOLF KRUMMACHER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On alpine heights the love of god is shed
Last Line: On alpine heights a loving father dwells.
Variant Title(s): Mountain And Valley
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Swiss


AN ALPINE PICTURE, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Stand here and look, and softly hold your breath
Last Line: Or is it but the frost-work on the pane?
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Swiss


AN EPISTLE TO DR. MOORE, SELECTION, by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: There, dress'd in each sublimer grace
Last Line: Where freedom rears her humble home.
Subject(s): Moore, Dr. John (1729-1802); Switzerland; Swiss


AT HOCHFINSTERMUNZ, by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Once more between its walls of pines
Last Line: And, dying, trust thee for the rest.
Subject(s): Love; Mythology - Classical; Nature; Pan (mythology); Soul; Switzerland; Swiss


BEYOND, by ROSE TERRY COOKE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The stranger wandering in the switzer's land
Last Line: Lieth thine italy.
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Swiss


LOST FREEDOM OF SWITZERLAND, by JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh! With what pride I used / to walk these hill
Last Line: Blow on! This is the land of liberty!
Variant Title(s): Tell On His Native Hills
Subject(s): Freedom; Switzerland; Liberty; Swiss


MONCH AND JUNGFRAU, by ANTON ALEXANDER VON AUERSPERG    Poem Text                    
First Line: From a lofty alpine summit look down
Last Line: And they who join in the chorus are surely of heavenly birth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Grun, Anastasius
Variant Title(s): Switzerland
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Swiss


MY ALPENSTOCK, by HENRY GLASSFORD BELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Best of artists! Mark for me
Last Line: That my legs are no small beer.
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Swiss


NAENIAE, by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Soft, soft be thy sleep in the land of the west
Last Line: But more loved, ...O, how few, love!
Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Owen; Lytton, 1st Earl Of; Lytton, Robert
Subject(s): Switzerland; Travel; Swiss; Journeys; Trips


ON VISITING THE CASTLE AND CHURCH OF GRUYERE IN SWITZERLAND, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Where gruyere's castle, rearing still on high
Last Line: Alone uncared for, crumbling to decay.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Castles; Churches; Poverty; Switzerland; Wealth; Cathedrals; Swiss; Riches; Fortunes


SWISS HOME-SICKNESS, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "wherefore so sad and faint, my heart!"
Last Line: As in my own bright land
Subject(s): Homesickness;switzerland; Swiss


SWITZERLAND, by ALFRED DENNIS GODLEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the steamy, stuffy midlands, 'neath an english summer sky
Last Line: And the true delight of living, as you taste it only there!
Alternate Author Name(s): Godley, A. D.
Subject(s): Mountain Climbing; Switzerland; Travel; Swiss; Journeys; Trips


SWITZERLAND, by JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Once switzerland was free! With what a pride
Last Line: And think -- I had no master save his own!
Variant Title(s): Tell On Switzerland;william Tell On Switzerland
Subject(s): Freedom; Switzerland; Liberty; Swiss


SWITZERLAND, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: With memory's eye
Last Line: And paris quake before us?
Subject(s): Switzerland; Swiss


SWITZERLAND AND ITALY, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Within the switzer's varied land
Last Line: Unscathed, for art is not of time.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Alps; Italy; Mountains; Switzerland; Italians; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Swiss


THAT DAY, by DENISE LEVERTOV    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Across a lake in switzerland, fifty years ago
Subject(s): Memory; Switzerland; Swiss


THE BROOK RHINE, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Small current of the wilds afar from men
Last Line: On to the distant toil, the distant rest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta
Subject(s): Rhine (river), Europe; Switzerland; Swiss


THE COUNTRY OF A THOUSAND YEARS OF PEACE, by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Here they all come to die
Subject(s): Lodeizen, Hans (1924-1950); Switzerland; Swiss


THE CRYSTAL HUNTERS, by THOMAS MOORE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O'er mountains bright with snow and light
Last Line: O'er mountains bright, etc.
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Swiss


THE LAKE OF GENEVA, by JAMES THOMSON (1700-1748)    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The mountain then, clad with eternal snow
Last Line: Licks from their cloudy magazine the snows.
Variant Title(s): Switzerland
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Swiss


THE MOUNTAINS OF BERNE, by SAMUEL LONGFELLOW    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I turn the pages and recall
Last Line: The colors which the soul holds fast!
Variant Title(s): A Swiss Guide-book
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Swiss


THE PRISONER OF CHILLON, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My hair is gray, but not with years
Last Line: Regained my freedom with a sigh.
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Variant Title(s): On Chillon
Subject(s): Chillon Castle, Switzerland; Switzerland; Tragedy; Swiss


THE SWISS DESERTER, by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910)    Poem Text                    
First Line: In strasbourg's fortress old and strong
Last Line: O lord, my god, remember me!
Subject(s): Abandonment; Switzerland; Desertion; Swiss


THE SWISS EMIGRANT, by LUCY AIKEN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Farewell, farewell, my native land
Last Line: In absence near, -- in misery true.
Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Lucy
Subject(s): Immigrants; Switzerland; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration; Swiss


THE SWITZER'S WIFE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It was the time when children bound to meet
Last Line: With a low hymn, amidst the stillness deep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Switzerland; Women; Swiss


THE WANDERER: 4. IN SWITZERLAND: A QUIET MOMEMENT, by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Stay with me, lady, while you may!
Last Line: Before again we meet!
Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Owen; Lytton, 1st Earl Of; Lytton, Robert
Subject(s): Switzerland; Travel; Swiss; Journeys; Trips


THE WANDERER: 4. IN SWITZERLAND: THE HEART AND NATURE, by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The lake is calm; and calm, the skies
Last Line: On michael's brow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Owen; Lytton, 1st Earl Of; Lytton, Robert
Subject(s): Switzerland; Travel; Swiss; Journeys; Trips


THEODRIC; A DOMESTIC TALE, by THOMAS CAMPBELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas sunset, and the ranz des vaches was sung
Last Line: Its flush of love, with consentaneous glow.
Variant Title(s): Switzerland
Subject(s): Switzerland; Swiss


THOUGHT OF A BRITON ON THE SUBJUGATION OF SWITZERLAND, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Two voices are there; one is of the sea
Last Line: And neither awful voice be heard by thee!
Variant Title(s): Switzerland;on The Subjugation Of Switzerland;england And Switzerland, 1802
Subject(s): England; Freedom; Napoleon I (1769-1821); Switzerland; English; Liberty; Swiss


WILLIAM TELL, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Chains may subdue the feeble spirit, but thee
Last Line: For the great work to set thy country free.
Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Switzerland; Tell, William; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Swiss


WILLIAM TELL, by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The smile-dimpled lake woo'd to bathe in its deep
Last Line: [music, and the curtain falls.]
Alternate Author Name(s): Schiller, Friedrich Von
Subject(s): Alps; Freedom; Mountains; Switzerland; Tell, William; Liberty; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Swiss


WILLIAM TELL AND THE GENIUS OF SWITZERLAND, by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: You have no fears
Last Line: Draw the sword, lift the flag, and away!
Subject(s): Switzerland; Tell, William; Swiss