History & Politics

Echo, upon the Gemmi

by William Wordsworth 1770–1850

From Memorials of a Tour on the Continent, 1820

History & Politics

What beast of chase hath broken from the cover?
Stern GEMMI listens to as full a cry,
As multitudinous a harmony
Of sounds as rang the heights of Latmos over,
When, from the soft couch of her sleeping Lover,
Up-starting, Cynthia skimmed the mountain-dew
In keen pursuit--and gave, where'er she flew,
Impetuous motion to the Stars above her.
A solitary Wolf-dog, ranging on
Through the bleak concave, wakes this wondrous chime
Of aëry voices locked in unison,--
Faint--far-off--near--deep--solemn and sublime!--
So, from the body of one guilty deed,
A thousand ghostly fears, and haunting thoughts, proceed!

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