...bounties here extend to all, Still springing o'er thy banks, though Empires near them fall. LXII 590 But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces...icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls 595 The avalanche - the thunderbolt of snow! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around...

...fertile bounties here extend to all, Still springing o'er thy banks, though empires near them fall. "But these recede. Above me are the Alps, The palaces...thunderbolt of snow! All that expands the spirit, yet appalls, Gather around these summits, as to show How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man...

...were the portals of her temple, stand rugged peaks, inspiring awe and reverence — "The Alps, Those palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled...throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity." A religion in such close sympathy with Nature, and so deeply penetrated by the sense of Beauty, may...

...the Alps, 590 The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, 61 And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity,...falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow! All which expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce...

...try to imagine what it describes. It's Byron, Cindy. From 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'. Good stuff." But these recede. Above me are the Alps The palaces...show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below. "Powerful, huh?" I hushed out. "Think of the mountains and what they must be like when an...