Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Switzerland and Austria: Vol. XVI. 1876–79. | | | | Switzerland: Einsiedeln | | On First Seeing the Monastery of Maria Einsiedeln | | James Cochrane |
| | | ’T WAS eventide in summer’s glorious prime, | |
| When walking lonely, ’mong the Alpine chain, | |
| I first beheld Einsiedeln’s hallowed fane, | |
| In the pure air serene, majestic climb, | |
| And heard her Ave Mary softly chime: | 5 |
| And lo! ev’n while I gazed, along the plain | |
| The monks walked forth, to bless the pilgrim train, | |
| Who came from far to expiate their crime. | |
| I then was but a stripling in my teens, | |
| Delighting in all legendary lore; | 10 |
| Imagination revelled in such scenes; | |
| Then judge my joy, to see what tales of yore | |
| Of pilgrims, monks, and their dear lady, taught, | |
| Before me thus, all unexpected, brought! | | | | |
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