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DAYSPRING ON PILATUS
The star that hung o'er Titlis' silver head
Paled, and the grey Pilatus seemed to know
That soon the southern ridge of Alpine snow
Would flush and fill with shadow; saffron-red,
As if the world burned under, there was spread
A rampart round the plain; Zug caught the glow,
But still, Lucerne, thy waters lay below
As pale as ice whereon the frost is shed.
Paled, and the grey Pilatus seemed to know
That soon the southern ridge of Alpine snow
Would flush and fill with shadow; saffron-red,
As if the world burned under, there was spread
A rampart round the plain; Zug caught the glow,
But still, Lucerne, thy waters lay below
As pale as ice whereon the frost is shed.
Then over Sentis like a ruby came
The great glad god that gave another dawn,
And Oberland with all her peaks was bright:
Grim Esel cast his shadow from the flame,
From a wide world the look of death was drawn,
And green once more the valleys laughed with light.
The great glad god that gave another dawn,
And Oberland with all her peaks was bright:
Grim Esel cast his shadow from the flame,
From a wide world the look of death was drawn,
And green once more the valleys laughed with light.
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