As if the wood gods had arrested there

Immortal beauty in her breathless flight.

Far overhead against the arching blue

Gray ledges overhang from dizzy heights,

Scarred by a thousand winters and untamed.

The road winds in from the broad riverlands,

Luring the happy traveler turn by turn,

Up to the lofty mountains of the sky.

And where the road runs in the valley’s foot,

Through the dark woods the mountain stream comes down,