[574] 1827.
And those surrounding Mountains—but no more;
Time creepeth softly as the liquid flood;
Life slips from underneath us, like the floor
Of that wide rainbow-arch whereon we stood,
FOOTNOTES:
[JH] In the third of the Desultory Stanzas I am indebted to Mr. Raymond, who has written with genuine feeling on these subjects.—W. W. 1822.
[JI] Les Fourches, the point at which the two chains of mountains part, that enclose the Valais, which terminates at St. Maurice.—W. W. 1822.
At the head of the Vallais.—W. W. 1827.