Note 101 — Chapter XVIII · WILLIAM TELL.
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On this passage of Helvetian history, there is a poem of exquisite beauty, by Mrs. Hemans, the “Record of Woman:”
“Werner sat beneath the linden tree, That sent its lulling whispers through his door, Even as man sits, whose heart alone would be With some deep care, and thus can find no more The accustomed joy in all which evening brings, Gathering a household with her quiet wings.”