Edward Quillinan, "Near Lauffenberg" (1853)

• Given that the "Lauffenberg" is supposed to be close to the Rhine, it is very likely that Quillinan was referring to Laufenburg.
• This poem is one from a sequence of eight, seven of which also explicitly reference places in Switzerland:

"Short Poems in Memory of Jemima A. D. Quillinan, Who Died in May 1822"

1. "Madness, if thou wilt let me dwell"
2. "Near Lauffenberg"
3. "Near Schaffhausen: Her Favourite Flowers"
4. "Society: Berne"
5. "Schwytz"
6. "The Lake of Lauwertz"
7. "Berne"
8. "Lausanne"

Jemima Quillinan (*13 July 1973) was the poet's wife, who died on May 25, 1822, a few days after she suffered grave injuries when her gown caught fire (Johnston xxix).

• Source: Johnston, William. "Memoir of Edmund Quillinan." Poems. By Edward Quillinan. London: Edward Moxon, 1853. xi-xivi.