[162] Great cloudy ridges, one rising above the other, like a grand stair up to the heavens. See Wordsworth's note.
[163] The mountain.
[164] These two lines are just the symbol for the life of their author.
[165] From the rose-light on the snow of its peak.
[166] They all flow from under the glaciers, fed by their constant melting.
[167] Turning for contrast to the glaciers, which he apostrophizes in the next line.
[168] Antecedent, peaks.
[Transcriber's Note: In this electronic edition, the footnotes have been
numbered and relocated to the end of the work. In chapter 14, the word
"Iris", which appears in our print copy, seems to be a misprint for
"Isis" and was corrected as such.]