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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAKE AT ZURICH, by JAMES COCHRANE First Line: Richmond, dost thou remember rapperschwyl Last Line: Nor is of eden feelings all bereft. Variant Title(s): On The Lake Of Zurich Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Zurich (lake), Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | |||
RICHMOND, dost thou remember Rapperschwyl, And the sweet banks of Zurich's lovely lake, As on its bridge we leisurely 'gan wheel; And how you trembled when you felt it shake; How the old tower sent forth a merry peal, Making the mountain echoes all awake? And how the garden we could not forsake, Till the moon rose night's glory to reveal? Methinks even now I see the tiny tower, With its mile-long unparapetted bridge, And in the lake, a thousand fathoms down, Enshrined, reversed, its emerald mountain-ridge, And feel that earth has still an Eden left, Nor is of Eden feelings all bereft. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS by HAYDEN CARRUTH GREEN MOUNTAIN IDYL by HAYDEN CARRUTH IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH AT THE CONVENT NEAR SAINT GALL by JAMES COCHRANE |
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