Around the clock in Europe; a travel-sequence . ot strike back were I to raise ahand of destruction against the halls they reared andloved and guarded with such might.^^ The fate ofevery man, said the Koran, have We bound abouthis neck. It is depressing to think that such glory, power, andbeauty as once were here should have flourished sowonderfully and come to so little. Was all this mag-nificence created merely for destruction? Could no-thing less suffice grim Time to build him an eyrie forbats and swallows? Was Von Matthisson right in thejudgment he expressed in the sad and sympatheticElegi
Around the clock in Europe; a travel-sequence . ot strike back were I to raise ahand of destruction against the halls they reared andloved and guarded with such might.^^ The fate ofevery man, said the Koran, have We bound abouthis neck. It is depressing to think that such glory, power, andbeauty as once were here should have flourished sowonderfully and come to so little. Was all this mag-nificence created merely for destruction? Could no-thing less suffice grim Time to build him an eyrie forbats and swallows? Was Von Matthisson right in thejudgment he expressed in the sad and sympatheticElegie he penned in these ruins, and must we con-clude with him that temporal glory is but ashes and 272 AROUND THE CLOCK IN EUROPE that the darkness of the grave adorns impartially theproud brow of the world ruler and the trembling headthat shakes above the pilgrims staff? Hoheit, Ehre, Macht und Ruhm sind eitel!Eines weltgebieters stolze ScheitelUnd ein zitternd Haupt am PilgerstabDeckt mit einer Dunkelheit das Grab! INTERLAKEN 10 TO 11 INTERLAKEN 10 TO 11 The top of the evening at brisk and bracing Interlakenis certainly ten oclock. Vigorous, vitalizing air breathesdown on the lush meadows from towering Alpine snow-fields, and languor and ennui fall away from her dis-pirited summer idlers and a refreshing life interestreasserts itself. It is then one may see the deep, floweredlawns that front the great hotels of the broad Hohe-weg pleasantly thronged with animated guests, modishlyand immaculately groomed; and each little street andquiet lane has its quota of vivacious strollers who preferthe keen night air and the inspiring mountain-prospect tothe conventional attractions of the brilliant Kursaal orthe round of mild social diversions that is in progressin the hotel apartments. Then, too, there is a certainsubdued note of expectancy in the air, for this is thelittle villages fete hour; and almost as the valley clocksare striking the hour the celebration is her
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