Wanderings and Musings in the Valleys of the Waldenses
by James Aitken Wylie (9781150792298)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1858 Original Publisher: Nisbet Subjects: Waldenses Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Christianity / Protestant Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. Zigzags -- Mountain Torrents -- Summit of Pass -- The Four Great Passes into Italy -- St Gothard Pass -- Grandeur of the Pass -- Tyrolese Alps -- Helvetic Alps -- Pennine Alps -- Cottian Alps -- Maritime Alps -- True Taste for Scenery Rare -- Grandeur of the Alps as seen from Lombardy. But we forget ourselves. The day wears, and before the shadows fall, and the star of eve appears above yonder mountain-crest in the east, we must seek the hospice on the summit. Up then, and let us be going. We have yet an ascent of some hours before us. We are yet a long way from these white hills over-head. In fact, although we have been climbing all day, we seem scarce nearer to them than we did when we started in the morning. To stand on the white strand of the lake and look right up to the mountain's summit, the distance may not seem immense, but try to climb thither, and soon you begin to entertain a truer ZIGZAGS. 17 notion of the way. You set out with the resolute purpose of not giving in till you have set foot on these gleaming snows. The morning is fresh -- the mountain air exhilarates you -- the pulse beats full and strong -- and the step is quick. You drink in ardour from the surpassingly glorious objects around you. You traverse league after league of the long, winding, and gently ascending paths at the bottom of the mountain. You look up. At an awful height above you are still the white summits. You exchange the green valleys -- with their orchards and their crags, round wh...

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