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 Helvellyn, St John's Castlerigg etc |
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| Helvellyn: ascent 1800s | ||
| site name:- | Helvellyn | |
| civil parish:- | St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland) | |
| civil parish:- | Patterdale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| locality type:- | historic ascent | |
| coordinates:- | NY34261508 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3415 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY31 | |
| altitude:- | 3100 feet | |
| altitude:- | 945m | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Wordsworth 1810 placename:- Helvellyn |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes, later A
Guide through the District of The Lakes, by William Wordsworth,
1810-35. goto source page 118 "..." "Scawfell and Helvellyn being the two Mountains of this region which will best repay the fatigue of ascending them, the following Verses may be here introduced with propriety. They are from the Author's Miscellaneous Poems." "TO ___." "ON HER FIRST ASCENT TO THE SUMMIT OF HELVELLYN." "INMATE of a Mountain Dwelling, Thous hast clomb aloft, and gazed, From the watch-towers of Helvellyn; Awed, delighted, and amazed!" "Potent was the spell that bound thee Not unwilling to obey; For blue Ether's arms, flung round thee, Stilled the pantings of dismay." "Lo! the dwindled woods and meadows! What a vast abyss is there! Lo! the clouds, the solemn shadows, And the glistenings - heavenly fair!" "And a record of commotion Which a thousand ridges yield; Ridge, and gulf, and distant ocean Gleaming like a silver shield!" "- Take thy flight; - possess, inherit Alps or Andes - they are thine! With the morning's roseate Spirit, Sweep their length of snowy line;" goto sourcepage 119 "Or survey the bright dominions In the gorgeous colours drest Flung from off the purple pinions, Evening spreads throughout the west!" "Thine are all the coral fountains Warbling in each sparry vault Of the untrodden lunar mountains; Listen to their songs! - or halt," "To Niphate's top invited, Whither spiteful Satan steered; Or descend where the ark alighted, When the green earth re-appeared:" "For the power of hills is on thee, As was witnessed through thine eye Then, when old Helvellyn won thee To confess their majesty!" |
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