, in the "Memorials of a Tour on the Continent" (1820), which refer to Einsiedlen.—Ed.
Rude fountains built and covered with sheds for the accommodation of the pilgrims, in their ascent of the mountain.—W. W. 1793.
Compare Coleridge's
Hymn before Sun-rise, in the Vale of Chamouni
:
And you, ye five wild torrents fiercely glad!
...
... Who, with living flowers
Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet?
...
O struggling with the darkness all the night,
And visited all night by troops of stars,
...
The Arve and Arveiron at thy base
Rave ceaselessly;