OBERMAIS
Obermais! Obermais!
Charming bit of Paradise,
Where the palm and snow are blended,
Where life’s joys seem never ended,
Where the purl of limpid streams
Haunts the traveller’s deepest dreams;
Girt by miles of terraced vines,
Birthplace of the purest wines,
Sheltered by imposing mountains,
Musical from countless fountains,
Bathed in sunshine, bright with flowers,
Studded with old Roman towers,
Castles, convents, shrines and walls,
Whose strange history enthralls,–
Jewel of fair South Tyrol,
Thou hast won my heart and soul!
(John Lawson Stoddard)
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