Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
France: Vols. IX–X. 1876–79. | | | | Savoy: Chamouni (Chamonix), the Valley | | Chamouny | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
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THAT very day, | |
| From a bare ridge, we also first beheld | |
| Unveiled the summit of Mont Blanc, and grieved | |
| To have a soulless image on the eye | |
| That had usurped upon a living thought | 5 |
| That nevermore could be. The wondrous Vale | |
| Of Chamouny stretched far below, and soon, | |
| With its dumb cataracts and streams of ice, | |
| A motionless array of mighty waves, | |
| Five rivers broad and vast, made rich amends, | 10 |
| And reconciled us to realities; | |
| There small birds warble from the leafy trees, | |
| The eagle soars high in the element; | |
| There doth the reaper bind the yellow sheaf, | |
| The maiden spread the haycock in the sun, | 15 |
| While Winter like a well-tamed lion walks, | |
| Descending from the mountain to make sport | |
| Among the cottages by beds of flowers. | | | | |
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