[Footnote IB: Arnold Winkelried, at the battle of Sempach, broke an Austrian phalanx in this manner. The event is one of the most famous in the annals of Swiss heroism; and pictures and prints of it are frequent throughout the country.--W.W. 1822.] [Footnote IC: Cyclamen.--D. W.] [Footnote ID: It was _not_ Mont Blanc. He was mistaken, or wanted to deceive us to give pleasure; but however we might have wished to believe that what he asserted was true, we could not think it possible.--D. W.] XXIV THE ITALIAN ITINERANT, AND THE SWISS GOATHERD PART I I Now that the farewell tear is dried, Heaven prosper thee, be hope thy guide! Hope be thy guide, adventurous Boy; The wages of thy travel, joy! Whether for London bound--to trill 5 Thy mountain notes with simple skill; Or on thy head to poise a show Of Images[520] in seemly row; The graceful form of milk-white Steed, Or Bird that soared with Ganymede;[IE] 10 Or through our hamlets thou wilt bear The sightless Milton, with his hair Around his placid temples curled; And Shakspeare at his side--a freight, If clay could think and mind were weight, 15 For him who bore the world! Hope be thy guide, adventurous Boy; The wages of thy travel, joy! II But thou, perhaps, (alert as free[521] Though serving sage philosophy) 20 Wilt ramble over hill and dale, A Vender of the well-wrought Scale, Whose sentient tube instructs to time A purpose to a fickle clime: Whether thou choose this useful part, 25 Or minister to finer art, Though robbed of many a cherished dream, And crossed by many a shattered scheme, What stirring wonders wilt thou see In the proud Isle of liberty! 30 Yet will the Wanderer sometimes pine With thoughts which no delights can chase, Recal a Sister's last embrace, His Mother's neck entwine; Nor shall forget the Maiden coy 35 That _would_ have loved the bright-haired Boy! III