Of various trees a vista green a
Into

the

a

streamlet looking down

Ruskin's line number

865

Whose living crystal shot between
All trembling with the leafy gleam
And coolly on a high arch span

System generated line number

5

The sportive light reflected ran
Thither and thither fast, b and through

Ruskin's line number

870

That natural arched avenue
There showed a rich and mighty plain

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Rolling its wooded waves away

System generated line number

10

And through the stretch of that champaign
A noble river wound its way 1

Ruskin's line number

875

And on the horizon to the north
Pale gleams of icy snow came forth c
From the St Bernards fastnesses,

System generated line number

15

White as the wreathed salt sea spray
With the snow wreaths that ever press,

Ruskin's line number

880

Upon that heaven girt boundary, 2
Boundary meet for Italy,
Most meet for such a lovely clime,

System generated line number

20

As it looks oer Marengos sea, 3
Unto the Apennine.

Ruskin's line number

885

Tis sweet a topmost mountain ridge,
Impatiently to climb,
And there to stand and dream away,

System generated line number

25

A little space of time. 4