Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Switzerland and Austria: Vol. XVI. 1876–79. | | | | Switzerland: Chillon | | The Castle of Chillon | | Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) |
| | | FAIR lake, thy lovely and thy haunted shore | |
| Hath only echoes for the poet’s lute; | |
| None may tread there but with unsandalled foot, | |
| Submissive to the great who went before, | |
| Filled with the mighty memories of yore. | 5 |
| And yet how mournful are the records there: | |
| Captivity and exile and despair | |
| Did they endure who now endure no more,— | |
| The patriot, the woman, and the bard, | |
| Whose names thy winds and waters bear along; | 10 |
| What did the world bestow for their reward | |
| But suffering, sorrow, bitterness, and wrong? | |
| Genius! a hard and weary lot is thine,— | |
| The heart thy fuel, and the grave thy shrine. | | | | |
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