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6
DREAMS AND WORK
HÔTEL DES BALANCES, LUCERNE
How sweet at eve to dream the time away
Above red chestnut blossom floating down,
Where the tall lantern lifts its cap of brown
Against the Rigi's ridges rosy-grey!
At noon to watch the silver shoals at play
In liquid emerald, dancing sunlight thrown
High on the eaves of this quaint burgher town,
Between the bridges where men pass and pray.
Above red chestnut blossom floating down,
Where the tall lantern lifts its cap of brown
Against the Rigi's ridges rosy-grey!
At noon to watch the silver shoals at play
In liquid emerald, dancing sunlight thrown
High on the eaves of this quaint burgher town,
Between the bridges where men pass and pray.
Blest is the stream that lulls us to repose
When dew-fall brings the silence—but more blest
To rouse us unto vigour at the morn,
When, like a giant stronger for his rest
And fresh for any labour to be borne,
The Reuss with joy toward the mill-wheel goes.
When dew-fall brings the silence—but more blest
To rouse us unto vigour at the morn,
When, like a giant stronger for his rest
And fresh for any labour to be borne,
The Reuss with joy toward the mill-wheel goes.
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