Childe Harold's pilgrimage : a romaunt . TISTANT VIEW OF RHONE CIV. Twas not for fiction chose Rousseau this spot,Peopling it with affections ; hut he foundIt was the scene which Passion must allotTo the minds purified beings ; twas the ground canto nr. childe harolds pilgrimage 177 Where early Love his Psyches zone unbound,And hallowd it with loveliness : tis lone,And wonderful, and deep, and hath a sound,And sense, and sight of sweetness ; here the RhoneHath spread himself a couch, the Alps have reard a throne. CV. Lausanne ! and Ferney ! ye have been the abodesOf names which unto you bequea
Childe Harold's pilgrimage : a romaunt . TISTANT VIEW OF RHONE CIV. Twas not for fiction chose Rousseau this spot,Peopling it with affections ; hut he foundIt was the scene which Passion must allotTo the minds purified beings ; twas the ground canto nr. childe harolds pilgrimage 177 Where early Love his Psyches zone unbound,And hallowd it with loveliness : tis lone,And wonderful, and deep, and hath a sound,And sense, and sight of sweetness ; here the RhoneHath spread himself a couch, the Alps have reard a throne. CV. Lausanne ! and Ferney ! ye have been the abodesOf names which unto you bequeathd a name ;Mortals, who sought and found, by dangerous roads,A path to perpetuity of fame :They were gigantic minds, and their steep aimA\ras, Titan-like, on daring doubts to pileThoughts which should call down thunder, and the flameOf Heaven again assaild, if Heaven the whileOn man and mans research could deign do more than smile. cvr. The one was fire and fickleness, a childMost mutable in wishes, but in mindA wit as various,—gay,
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