Note 55 — Chapter V · 1813-1816.
Reading edition
This same image reappears in a poem, too long to quote.
‘Yes, in the boundless hopes of dawning love A foretaste of eternal bliss we prove; Like him whose steps have gained an Alpine height; The lower world has faded from his sight. In gay confusion a bright veil of clouds Her towers, her temples, and her pomp enshrouds. He still advances to the illumined skies, And feels new hope, a new existence rise; Sublimely placed on his aërial throne, All earth beneath, above him heaven alone.’