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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORIAL. NEAR THE OUTLET OF THE LAKE OF THUN, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Around a wild and woody hill
Last Line: Touched by his golden finger.
Subject(s): Thun (lake), Switzerland
First Line: Around a wild and woody hill
Last Line: Touched by his golden finger.
Subject(s): Thun (lake), Switzerland
AROUND a wild and woody hill,
A gravelled pathway treading,
We reached a votive stone that bears
The name of Aloys Reding.
Well judged the friend who placed it there
For silence and protection;
And haply with a finer care
Of dutiful affection.
The sun regards it from the west;
And, while in summer glory
He sets, his sinking yields a type
Of that pathetic story:
And oft he tempts the patriot Swiss
Amid the grove to linger;
Till all is dim, save this bright stone
Touched by his golden finger.
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