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Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy

By the Rev. H. D. Rawnsley

Rawnsley, H. D. (1851-1920)

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SONNET DEDICATORY

SONNET PREFATORY

SWITZERLAND ONCE MORE

THE BELL FOR EARLY MASS

THE FOUNTAIN IN THE WINE-MARKET, LUCERNE

DREAMS AND WORK

TO THE RIVER REUSS

THE LION OF LUCERNE

AT THE THREE LINDEN

ENCLOSURE OF THE THREE LINDEN, LUCERNE

A MORNING PRAYER ON THE MARKET-BOAT

AT KASTANIENBAUM

THE WATCH-TOWER

GOING TO CHURCH AT OB-BÜRGEN

DAYSPRING ON PILATUS

FROM THE RIGI-KULM

FROM THE STAFFEL-STOCK

THE CROCUS LEGIONS

ON A SEAT BENEATH THE DOSSENWAND

MOUNTAIN SCHOLARS

AT THE DEGENBALM

EVENING AT MORSCHACH

ON THE AXENSTRASSE

AT THE MONUMENT OF ST. BENEDICT ABOVE EINSIEDELN

THE STATUE OF ZWINGLIUS

FAREWELL TO LUCERNE

ARNOLD VON WINKELRIED

AT THE SIGN OF THE ‘ANGEL’

ABBOT'S DAY, May 15

AT THE TRUB-SEE

BLESSING THE PASTURES

OVER THE ST. GOTHARD

AT FAIDO, ON THE ST. GOTHARD

LOCARNO IN RAIN

AT SANTA TRINITA

SOLITUDO CONTINUATA DULCESCIT

AT THE BALCONY OF THE CHURCH OF THE MADONNA DEL SASSO

THE ISLANDS OF LAGO MAGGIORE

ORANGE-FLOWERS AT BAVENO

DAYLIGHT ON LAGO MAGGIORE

AT THE CHURCH DOOR, BAVENO

ON MONTE MOTTERONE

SUNRISE FROM MONTE MOTTERONE

THE PHEASANT-EYE NARCISSUS

THE MONTE SACRO

THE MUSIC OF THE DAWN

EVENING FROM SAN SALVATORE

THE NIGHTINGALE OF LUGANO

IN THE CHURCH OF S. MARIA DEGLI ANGIOLI

LIGHT AT EVENTIDE

LANZO D'INTELVI

THE LOST HALF-HOUR

AT THE CHAPEL OF THE ANNUNCIATION

EVENING AT SACRO MONTE

ON THE ROOF OF THE DUOMO, MILAN, AT ANTHEM TIME

IN MILAN CATHEDRAL

IN THE REFECTORY, MILAN

AT COMO CATHEDRAL

MORNING AT SOGLIO

THE WITNESS OF THE FLOWERS

OVER THE SPLUGEN

MY FRIEND AND I

KURHAUS, BRÜNIG

THE FALLS OF THE REICHENBACH

FROM MEIRINGEN TO ROSENLAUI

BETWEEN ROSENLAUI AND THE SCHWARZWALD

AT BREITLAUENEN

ON THE GEISSHORN

THE CHAMOIS OF LAUTERBRUNNEN

THE GUIDE'S FAREWELL

THE WIRTSCHAFT ON THE OLD FOOTPATH TO MÜRREN

ON THE KURHAUS TERRACE, MÜRREN

ON THE SCHILTHORN, June 21, 1896

IN THE BLUMENTHAL, MURREN

ALPINE ANEMONES

SPRING CROCUSES

THE SCHWARZE MÖNCH

THE WENGEN THRUSH

THE RAINBOW FIELDS OF WENGEN

‘LINKST HAND,’ ON SULEGG

AT THE METTLEN ALP

THE YOUNG HERDSMAN'S DEATH

A MEMORY AT THE MÄNNLICHEN

THE JUNGFRAU UNVEILED

THE ALPINE ROSE

THE WARBLER'S SONG

AT THE UPPER GLACIER, GRINDELWALD

A RETURN TO ST. BEATENBERG

HÔTEL DE LA POSTE, 1890

THE VISION OF KINGS

AFTERGLOW ON THE ABENDBERG

A GLIMPSE OF THE JUNGFRAU

IN BUTTERFLY-LAND

IN CRICKET-LAND

THE GENTIANELLA (GENTIANA VERNA)

AFTER A STORM AT KANZELI

A SERMON IN THE CHURCH AT ST. BEATENBERG

COWBELLS ON THE RISCHEREN ALP

DOWN THE LAKE TO THUN

AT THE CHURCH GATE, OBERHOFEN

IN THE BAUMGARTEN

THE TOMBSTONE OF HEINRICH VON STRATTLINGEN, THE BARD

ON THE INSCRIPTION OVER THE DOORWAY OF THE OLD SCHLOSS AT THE BAUMGARTEN, THUN

AT THE MINNESINGER'S SEAT ABOVE CHARTREUSE

IN THUN CHURCHYARD

AT THE CASTLE, THUN

ON FINDING A SWIFT IN THE CASTLE PRISON AT THUN

AT THE RABENFLUH

AT THE SCHWABIS

THE GOLDEN STAR OF THUN

THE JUDGMENT PICTURE AT ADELBODEN

THE VILLAGE DANCE AT ADELBODEN

IN GASTERN-THAL

ON THE GEMMI ROAD ABOVE GASTERN-THAL

WAYFARERS ON THE GEMMI

BLANC-SEE AND DAUBENSEE

AT THE SIGN OF THE WILDSTRUBEL

THE DAUBENHORN CLIFFS

GOING TO ZERMATT

THE CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS

HÔTEL DU PARC ET DES BELLES FLEURS

GOING TO NETTLESHIP'S GRAVE

TO R. L. NETTLESHIP

VIOLAS ON THE COL DE BALME

MOONLIGHT AT PENSION REITZEL

A FEAR FOR LEYSIN

TWILIGHT AT LA PRAFONDAZ

HOME THOUGHTS AT SUNSET

ALPINE ANEMONE-SEED

THE MORNING PLAY AT VILLARS

IN THE DUNGEON AT CHILLON

AT WEISSENSTEIN

SWITZERLAND, FAREWELL!

HOME FROM LOMBARDY

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69

LANZO D'INTELVI

We left the torrent in its sinuous cave,
Osteno's tower clanged out Farewell! Farewell!
Upward we went by cuckoo-haunted dell
And cricket-hearted meadow. Cheerly brave
The horses jangled onward, wave on wave
Green billowy slopes to far Porlezza fell,
Till on our left we heard deep Lanzo's bell,
And knew what hope of home its music gave.

Then down an English lane, through English air,
We, but just now in Italy, passed on,
A blackbird carolled with a voice of May,
When sudden at our feet a sapphire shone,
And with its villages reflected fair,
Blue deeps—a heaven on earth—Lugano lay!