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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: SWISS Matches Found: 33 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 |
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