[Parody on G. A. Bürger's poem Der wilde Jäger. Cf. pp. [34], [85].]
THE WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND.
By James Montgomery.
Emerald, II-108, Feb. 28, 1807, Boston.
[James Montgomery, op. cit. Extracts given. Cf. [Preface].]
SWISS PEASANT.
Turn we, to survey
Where rougher climes a nobler race display;
Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread,
And force a churlish soil for scanty bread,
Yet still, e'en here, Content can spread a charm,
Redress the clime, and all its rage disarm.
Though poor the peasant's hut his feast though small,
He sees his little lot, the lot of all;
Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carrols as he goes.
At night returning, every labour sped,
He sits him down, the monarch of his shed;
Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys,
His children's looks, that brighten at the blaze;
While his lov'd partner, boastful of her hoard,
Displays her cleanly platter on her board;
And haply too, some pilgrim, hither led,
With many a tale repays the nightly bed.
Emerald, II-119, Mar. 7, 1807, Boston.
RUNIC ODE.
THE HAUNTING OF HAVARDUR.
By C. Leftly, Esq.