Flockest in thy Joyance,
Wheelest, shatter'st, start'st.
MS. S. T. C.
TELL'S BIRTH-PLACE[309:1]
IMITATED FROM STOLBERG
I
Mark this holy chapel well!
The birth-place, this, of William Tell.
Here, where stands God's altar dread,
Stood his parents' marriage-bed.
II
Here, first, an infant to her breast, 5
Him his loving mother prest;
And kissed the babe, and blessed the day,
And prayed as mothers use to pray.
III