We saw it where its billow swells Beneath the ridge of Drachenfells
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We saw it where its ripples ride Neath Ehrenbreitsteinʼs beetling pride We saw it where its whirlpools roar
Among the rocks of gaunt St Goar In all its aspect is as fair That aspect changes everywhere From Rhetian and Dinaric crest
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Foam the wild wild waters to the west
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From fearful Splugens glaciered head The mighty torrent dashes dread And swelled by every Alpine snow Now see it chase these cliffs below On whose high summits deeply rent