So was he reconciled to life: 145 Brief words may speak the rest;[984] Within the dell he built a cell, And there was Sorrow's guest; In hermits' weeds repose he found, From vain temptations[985] free;[986] 150 Beside the torrent dwelling--bound By one deep heart-controlling sound, And awed to piety. Wild stream of Aira, hold thy course, Nor fear memorial lays, 155 Where clouds that spread in solemn shade, Are edged with golden rays! Dear art thou to the light of heaven, Though minister of sorrow; Sweet is thy voice at pensive even; 160 And thou, in lovers' hearts forgiven, Shalt take thy place with Yarrow! This poem was translated into Latin verse by the poet's son, and published in the second edition of _Yarrow Revisited, and other Poems_, 1835.--ED. FOOTNOTES: [969] The original title of the Poem (in MS.) was _Aira Force,_ _or_ _Sir Eglamore and Elva._ There were no changes of text in the published editions of this poem. The various readings given are from MS. copies of the poem, in Mrs. Wordsworth's handwriting.--ED. [970] 1835. 'Tis sweet to stand by Lyulph's Tower MS. [971] A pleasure-house built by the late Duke of Norfolk upon the banks of Ullswater. FORCE is the word used in the Lake District for Waterfall.--W. W. 1835. [972] Compare _Airey-Force Valley_-- the brook itself, Old as the hills that feed it from afar, Doth rather deepen than disturb the calm, etc.--ED. [973] 1835. To rudest shepherd of the vale The spot seems holy ground; MS. [974] 1835. For he can catch.... MS. [975] 1835. Their true love's sanctity-- MS. [976] 1835. But in that age ... MS. [977] 1835. ... Elva ... MS. [978] 1835. She, too, a happiness ... MS. [979] 1835. ... Elva ... MS. [980] See _Macbeth_, act IV. scene V.--ED. [981] 1835. The knight, Sir Eglamore. MS. [982] 1835. ... with living eye, MS. [983] 1835. If Elva's Ghost ...