6. Thus vexed with doleful whims the crawler went etc.
Hugh would have died at this time had he not drifted into the rugged vale.
11. Told how the gray-winged gale blew out the day.
Why “gray-winged”?
20. It seemed no wind had ever come that way,
21. Nor sound dwelt there, nor echo found the place.
How is utter quiet expressed!
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7. Returning hunger bade him rise; in vain
8. He struggled with a fine-spun mesh of pain etc.