In A Pass Of Bavaria Poem by Richard Chenevix Trench

In A Pass Of Bavaria

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A sound of many waters!--now I know
To what was likened the large utterance sent
By Him who mid the golden lampads went:
Innumerable streams, above, below,
Some seen, some heard alone, with headlong flow
Come rushing; some with smooth and sheer descent,
Some dashed to foam and whiteness, but all blent
Into one mighty music.
As I go,
The tumult of a boundless gladness fills
My bosom, and my spirit leaps and sings:
Sounds and sights are there of the ancient hills,
The eagle's cry, the mountain when it flings
Mists from its brow, but none of all these things
Like the one voice of multitudinous rills.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Erhard Hans Josef Lang 02 June 2008

Great piece on the beauty of Southern Germany's awe-inspiring landscapes!

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