2017-08-24

【Morning Bell】

Carl Spitteler (1845—1924)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1919〗

       It seemed as though the dawn would never come

       To save me from the night's delirium,

       Those hells of thought I wandered in - who schooled

       My brain at other times, and strictly ruled

       It's every motion. Fever now was king;

       My spirit groped, a shuddering helpless thing,

       Through labyrinths of dreams no pause, no rest,

       The Furies' prey, disarmed and dispossessed.

       Hark! Through the lightless gloom, the black dismay,

       A distant bell-note throbs... Deliverance! Day!

       Young life, young faith breathes "I." And soft and clear

       Whispers the morning-dream of human cheer.

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【《女歌手》】

勇王•施皮特勒(1845生—1924卒)

〖1919年諾貝爾文學獎〗

                夢幻中，

                一群朝聖的善男信女，

                甜美的歌兒齊聲高唱，

                手攜着手，

                在我家鄉行走。

                我虔誠地

                跟隨在他們的最後頭。

                合唱聲委婉協調，

                忽從望不見的盡頭，

                一闋清新活潑的歌，

                在空中迴蕩。

                響亮的歌聲像黃金一般，

                光彩奪目，

                把遠方的峰巒峽谷照耀。

                只可惜，

                矯揉造作，不合節拍不入調。

                這奇異的歌聲，

                悅耳，虔誠，

                又那樣虛無縹緲。

                我心戚戚，

                恨意難消，

                身帶家鄉的風塵，

                決意和那歌聲分道揚鑣！

【注】位於盧塞恩“光暈”城的皮拉圖斯“龍”山有着世界上最陡峭的齒軌鐵路，其坡度高達48%，因此登龍山雲峰少少不了體驗仰望天空的感覺。

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2017: Alpine Potpourri, Swiss(瑞士白山旅行見聞)

2015: Great Wall, Beijing(北京萬里長城)

2014: Reunion w/ Old Friends(老友重逢)

Mt Pilatus above Lake Lucerne

(盧塞恩“光暈”湖上雲峰)

Pilatus Station, Alpnach (高山城·雲峰站 08-24-2017)

Cogwheel Railway w/ the Slope @ 48 Degree

(齒輪鐵路與48度斜坡山路)

The 1^st & Steepest Cogwheel Railway on Earth

(世上第一個最陡的鈍齒輪鐵路)

Tunnel (隧道)

Pilatus Aerial Cableway @ Kriens (基督城·雲峰空中索道)

Esel Summit 2,118-m/6,953-ft

(驢峰海拔2,118米/6,953英尺)

Fräkmüntegg—Switzerland's Longest Summer Toboggan Run 

(吊索公園城·瑞士最長的夏季雪橇滑道)

Fräkmüntegg (吊索公園鎮)

Rope Park, Fräkmüntegg (吊索公園鎮·吊索公園)

Klimsen Chapel (攀登教堂)

Klimsenkapelle on Klimsenhorn (攀登山·攀登教堂)

Lake Lucerne Viewed from Mt Pilatus

(從雲峰俯瞰光暈湖)

Cattle on Matthorn @ 2,041-m or 6,700-ft

(海拔2,041米/6,700英尺的草甸山峰·牛群)

FLORAKO (瑞士軍用民航雷達系統)

Dragon Path of Oberhaupt @ 2,106-m/7,087-ft

(海拔2,106米/7,086英尺的頭峰·龍徑)

Obwaldner Mountain Trail (上林棲者登山步道)

Pilatus Summit Head w/ Radar (雲峰與雷達)

Hotel Pilatus Kulm (雲峰酒店)

Alphorn (高山長號)

Schloss Schauensee, Kriens (基督城·表湖城堡)

Boy & Bulldog (少年與鬥牛犬)

Alpine Ibex (羱羊)

Parda Alpina Cattle (瑞士褐牛群)

Brown Swiss (瑞士褐牛)

Braunvieh (瑞士黃牛)

Rätisches Grauvieh (雷天灰牛)

Alpine Chough (黃嘴山鴉)

Signpost (路標)

Crosslinks(相關博文):

Switzerland(出遊瑞士)

Europe(歐洲掠影)

8th Grade(初中三年級)