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EVENING AT MORSCHACH
Belated herdsmen jodel from the lea,
The last tired cow-bell tinkles to the stall,
And Urmi builds himself a purple wall
With each dark rock and every feathered tree,
Clear-cut against Heaven's opal: flying free,
The bats about the dewy walnuts call,
While one bright star is shining over all,
And bids the cottage eyes be bright and see.
The last tired cow-bell tinkles to the stall,
And Urmi builds himself a purple wall
With each dark rock and every feathered tree,
Clear-cut against Heaven's opal: flying free,
The bats about the dewy walnuts call,
While one bright star is shining over all,
And bids the cottage eyes be bright and see.
Then, when the waters and the hills are one,
And depth and height are lost in liquid haze,
The house-lamps twinkle, and the clock clangs ten,
Forth to the fields the chalet-jewels blaze
To tell the long day's work at length is done,
And home is sweet for Morschach's weary men.
And depth and height are lost in liquid haze,
The house-lamps twinkle, and the clock clangs ten,
Forth to the fields the chalet-jewels blaze
To tell the long day's work at length is done,
And home is sweet for Morschach's weary men.
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