One of the “Poems upon the Naming of Places.”—Ed.

Forth from a jutting ridge, around whose base

Winds our deep Vale, two heath-clad Rocks ascend[284][285]

In fellowship, the loftiest of the pair

Rising to no ambitious height; yet both,

O’er lake[286] and stream, mountain and flowery mead, 5

Unfolding prospects fair as human eyes[287]

Ever beheld. Up-led with mutual help,

To one or other brow of those twin Peaks

Were two adventurous Sisters wont to climb,