And each quickly gliding scene
Brought the shapes of earth around me;—
Vales of bright unclouded verdure; hills arrayed in living green;
Limpid lakes in dim recesses overarched by skies serene;
Cooling rill and sparkling fountain,
Purple peak and headland bold,
Precipice and snow-clad mountain—
Lofty summits rising grandly into regions clear and cold,
And innumerable rivers that majestically rolled.