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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON HEARING THE RANZ DES VACHES ON THE TOP OF THE PASS, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I listen - but no faculty of mine Last Line: And joys of distant home my heart enchain. Subject(s): Alps; Mountains; Saint Gothard, Switzerland; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | |||
(OF SAINT GOTHARD) I LISTEN, -- but no faculty of mine Avails those modulations to detect, Which, heard in foreign lands, the Swiss affect With tenderest passion; leaving him to pine (So fame reports) and die, -- his sweet-breathed kine Remembering, and green Alpine pastures decked With vernal flowers. Yet may we not reject The tale as fabulous. -- Here while I recline, Mindful how others by this simple strain Are moved, for me, -- upon this mountain named Of God himself from dread pre-eminence, -- Aspiring thoughts, by memory reclaimed, Yield to the music's touching influence; And joys of distant home my heart enchain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS by HAYDEN CARRUTH GREEN MOUNTAIN IDYL by HAYDEN CARRUTH IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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