Upon her fair head garlanded No brightest leaflet withered-- No berry from her hand Dropt, of the branching mistletoe-- With crossing palms and paces slow She mov'd across the land. Then loud the hoary Druid cried, "The god we serve is satisfied! His are the unbidden powers. A human sacrifice no more He needs, our dwellings to restore, And devastated bowers. For thee, a maiden fair and pure, Thou hast a treasure made secure In heaven: depart in peace. Earth's voices witness of a faith In thee serene and sure, that saith Here we too soon must cease." NOTES TO "BRITTA IN THE TEMPLE OF THE DRUIDS." Traces of the Celts are clearly distinguishable in the names of some of the more prominent mountains within a few miles of Keswick, Skiddaw, Blencathra, Glaramara, Cat-Bells, Helvellyn. The first is derived from the name of the solar god, Ska-da, one of the appellations of the chief deity of Celtic Britain, to whom Skiddaw was consecrated. The second has been supposed to be a corruption of blen-y-cathern, the "peak of witches"; the fourth to signify "the groves of Baal"; and the last El-Velin, "the hill of Baal or Veli." The worship of the Assyrian deity was celebrated amongst the Celtic inhabitants of our island with the greatest importance and solemnity. The stone circles are still remaining in many places where the bloody sacrifices to his honour were performed: and one of the most important of these is near Keswick. In the immediate vicinity is also a gloomy valley, Glenderaterra, the name of which is sufficiently indicative of the purpose for which, like Tophet of old, it was ordained; Glyn-dera taran signifying in Celtic, "the valley of the angel or demon of execution."