Soft breezes fanning your rough brows—the might

And purity of nature spread before your sight!

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From this appropriate Court, renowned Lucerne

Calls[573] me to pace her honoured Bridge[JL]—that cheers

The Patriot's heart with pictures rude and stern,

An uncouth Chronicle of glorious years.

Like portraiture, from loftier source, endears

That work of kindred frame, which spans the lake

Just at the point of issue, where it fears