A speck scarce visible, gyred round and round,

Was heard distinctly; and the mountain stream,

Which from the distant glen sent forth its sounds

Wafted upon the wind, grew audible

In that deep hush of feeling, like the voice

Of waters in the stillness of the night.

XIII.
COUNT EUDON.

That aweful silence still endured, when one,

Who to the northern entrance of the vale