Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79. | | | | Hochheim | | The Germans on the Heights of Hochheim | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| | | ABRUPTLY paused the strife; the field throughout, | |
| Resting upon his arms, each warrior stood, | |
| Checked in the very act and deed of blood, | |
| With breath suspended, like a listening scout. | |
| O Silence! thou wert mother of a shout | 5 |
| That through the texture of yon azure dome | |
| Cleaves its glad way, a cry of harvest-home | |
| Uttered to Heaven in ecstasy devout! | |
| The barrier Rhine hath flashed, through battle-smoke, | |
| On men who gaze heart-smitten by the view, | 10 |
| As if all Germany had felt the shock! | |
| —Fly, wretched Gauls! ere they the charge renew | |
| Who have seen—themselves now casting off the yoke— | |
| The unconquerable stream his course pursue. | | | | |
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