An Overture to William Tell

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10 HE legend of the National hero of Switzerland is destitute ot historical foundation. — Baede- ker s Guide to Switzerland.
II WILLIAM TELL, thou of the champion bow, iL'ii-l Much do I yearn to know ^'^'ia im.\\\ l^m '^^f„ - Whether the thrill- ing tale that's told of thee.
-fl That's writ in school-books here and o'er the sea, And stirs all freedom's sons where'er they be.
Is genuine, as are these Alpine heights.
Or simply one of fancy's brilliant tlights That's called in that fair land in wh
...ich we dwell A sell ;— Pray tell us. Tell, Do tell, Do, Tell !
13 II.
Wert thou a man, like Brown or Jones or Smith, Or, like the bow-boy Cupid, just a myth — A noble myth, Of point and pitii, But still a myth ?
Hast thy biography no greater worth Than idlest yarn that e'er was spun on earth.
Which adds not to our knowledge but our mirth, Yarn spun by folks who fashion men and scenes For the marines ?
III.
Didst thou with cruel Gessler bokily grapple.
Shooting from ofl" thine offspring's head an apple, Causing the arrow— ah, what skill !


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