road, we traced it as we thought across the river and up the ascent on the other side; and afterwards Wm. told us that there was the very point where he and Jones had committed the same mistake, had taken that road (as recorded in his poem) and had to retrace their steps--and bend downwards with the stream, under a sort of depression from the feeling that 'he had crossed the Alps.'..." Compare _The Prelude_, book vi. 1. 562, etc.--ED. VARIANTS: [Footnote 541: 1827. ... SEMPLON PASS. 1822. ] [Footnote 542: 1827. ... had softened ... 1822. ] [Footnote 543: 1837. ... Pine, Black fringe to a precipice lofty and bare, Which, as from behind the Sun strikes it, doth shine 1822. ... pines, How black was its hue in the region of air! But, touched from behind by the sun, it now shines 1827. ] [Footnote 544: 1837. Tho' the burthen of toil ... 1822. ] [Footnote 545: 1837. ... are fann'd, 1822. ] [Footnote 546: 1837. So rich in the tenderest sweetness of tears? 1822. ] FOOTNOTES: [Footnote IO: Compare _The Simplon Pass_ (vol. ii. p. 69)-- Brook and road Were fellow-travellers in this gloomy Pass. ED. ] [Footnote IP: Compare _Yarrow Unvisited_ (vol. ii. p. 411).--ED.] XXX ECHO, UPON THE GEMMI What beast of chase hath broken from the cover? Stern GEMMI listens to as full a cry, As multitudinous a harmony Of sounds as rang[547] the heights of Latmos over, When, from the soft couch of her sleeping Lover, 5 Up-starting, Cynthia skimmed the mountain-dew In keen pursuit--and gave, where'er she flew,[IQ] Impetuous motion to the Stars above her.[IR] A solitary Wolf-dog, ranging on Through the bleak concave, wakes this wondrous chime Of aëry voices locked in unison,-- 11 Faint--far-off--near--deep--solemn and sublime!-- So, from the body of one guilty deed,[548] A thousand ghostly fears, and haunting thoughts, proceed!