| Francis T. Palgrave, ed. (1824–1897). The Golden Treasury. 1875. |
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| W. Wordsworth |
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| CCX. England and Switzerland, 1802 |
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| TWO Voices are there: one is of the Sea, | |
| One of the Mountains; each a mighty voice. | |
| In both from age to age thou didst rejoice; | |
| They were thy chosen music, Liberty! | |
| There came a tyrant, and with holy glee | 5 |
| Thou fought'st against him,—but hast vainly striven: | |
| Thou from thy Alpine holds at length art driven, | |
| Where not a torrent murmurs heard by thee. | |
| —Of one deep bliss thine ear hath been bereft: | |
| Then cleave, O cleave to that which still is left; | 10 |
| For, high-soul'd Maid, what sorrow would it be | |
| That Mountain floods should thunder as before, | |
| And Ocean bellow from his rocky shore, | |
| And neither awful Voice be heard by thee! | |
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