There were songs and festal fires
On the soaring Alps that night,
When children sprang to greet their sires
From the wild Morgarten fight
[265] Wine-month, the German name for October.
[266] Hasli, a wild district in the canton of Berne.
[267] Schreckhorn, the peak of terror, a mountain in the canton of Berne.
[268] Lauwine, the Swiss name for the avalanche.
[269] William Tell’s name is particularly mentioned amongst the confederates at Morgarten.