 Switzerland and Austria: Vol. XVI.  1876–79. Switzerland:
Sempach The Death of Winkelried Walter Thornbury (1828–1876) IN
July, when the bees swarmed thick upon the linden tops, And
farmers gazed with pride and joy upon their ripening crops, The
watchmen on our tall church towers, looking towards Willisow,
Saw the stacked barley in a flame and the wheat-fields in a
glow. For Archduke Leopold had come from Zurich by the
lake,        5 With lance, and bow, and banner spread, a dire
revenge to take. On Monday morning, when the dew lay bright upon
the corn, Each man of Sempach blew alarm upon his mountain horn.
The young and old from fair Lucerne gathered to bar the way, The
reapers threw their sickles down, and ran to join the
fray:        10 We knelt and prayed to heaven for strength,
crying to God aloud; And lo! a rainbow rising shone against a
thunder-cloud. Burghers of Berne, the lads of Schweitz, and
Unterwalden’s best, Warriors of Uri, strong as bulls, were there
among the rest; The oldest of our mountain