Untrampled must remain;

And the yellow harvests wave

For no stranger’s hand to reap,

While within their silent cave

The men of Grütli sleep!

[312] The point of rock on which Tell leaped from the boat of Gessler is marked by a chapel, and called the Tellensprung.

[313] Crowned Helmets, as a distinction of rank, are mentioned in Simond’s Switzerland.

[314] The Kühreihen—the celebrated Ranz des Vaches.

SWISS SONG,

ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF AN ANCIENT BATTLE.