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ON A SEAT BENEATH THE DOSSENWAND
ABOVE VITZNAU
Rest, herdsman, rest! for heavy is the pail;
Rest, wanderer, rest! for heavy is the heart;
Rest, lover, rest! for bitter is the smart
Of parting from the loved one in the vale:
For here the flowering walnut scents the gale,
The blackbird here sings three times o'er his part,
And here the jocund swallows earliest dart
With news that Rigi's snow shall surely fail.
Rest, wanderer, rest! for heavy is the heart;
Rest, lover, rest! for bitter is the smart
Of parting from the loved one in the vale:
For here the flowering walnut scents the gale,
The blackbird here sings three times o'er his part,
And here the jocund swallows earliest dart
With news that Rigi's snow shall surely fail.
The rosy ramparts of the Dossenwand
Shut out the world; with rainbows from the rock
The silver waters fall adown its breast
With silver blossom for the Unterland,
And like a sleeping lion, Bürgenstock
Lies on the lake, the guardian lord of rest.
Shut out the world; with rainbows from the rock
The silver waters fall adown its breast
With silver blossom for the Unterland,
And like a sleeping lion, Bürgenstock
Lies on the lake, the guardian lord of rest.
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