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35
TO ENGELBERG
All up the road that through the forest wound
We wondered how the vale and hill would lie
That charmed an angel message from the sky,
And bade the black-robed monks their Abbey found.
Then suddenly, where Aars' tumultuous bound
Leaps bellowing under Nieder-Wald, the sky
Was closed by Harrnen, the Span-Ortten high
Sprang up, and Titlis shone with Winter crowned.
We wondered how the vale and hill would lie
That charmed an angel message from the sky,
And bade the black-robed monks their Abbey found.
Then suddenly, where Aars' tumultuous bound
Leaps bellowing under Nieder-Wald, the sky
Was closed by Harrnen, the Span-Ortten high
Sprang up, and Titlis shone with Winter crowned.
One-half the vale was shadow, one was sun,
The cattle lowed, the plain was all a-flower,
And happy dwellings dotted fell and field.
A great bell clanged, a mighty grange did run
Athwart the vale, white-walled, with one great tower,
And, Engelberg, thy wonder was revealed.
The cattle lowed, the plain was all a-flower,
And happy dwellings dotted fell and field.
A great bell clanged, a mighty grange did run
Athwart the vale, white-walled, with one great tower,
And, Engelberg, thy wonder was revealed.
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