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THE LION OF LUCERNE.
I.
When those brave Swiss in fine obedience fell,Heroically heedful of their trust,
Art pondered by what new great means to tell
Her reverence for their consecrated dust,
Until at last, bewildered and dismayed,
To mightier Nature she appealed for aid!
II.
Then these two blended powers, together grownOne glorious mourner, eloquent though stern,
Created from the mountain's living stone
This grand memorial Lion of Lucerne,
Where Art and Nature, towering side by side,
For once are monumentally allied!
Lucerne, 1884.
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