=4.= And now serenely beautiful etc.
These lines were suggested to the author by a picture, “The
Death of Absalom.”
=6.= Thus vexed with doleful whims the crawler went etc.
Hugh would have died at this time had he not drifted into the
rugged vale.
=11.= Told how the gray-winged gale blew out the day.
Why “gray-winged”?
=20.= It seemed no wind had ever come that way,
=21.= Nor sound dwelt there, nor echo found the place.
How is utter quiet expressed!