MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT, 1820
X. THE SOURCE OF THE DANUBE
MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT, 1820
NOT, like his great Compeers, indignantly Doth DANUBE spring to life! The wandering Stream (Who loves the Cross, yet to the Crescent’s gleam Unfolds a willing breast) with infant glee Slips from his prison walls: and Fancy, free To follow in his track of silver light, Mounts on rapt wing, and with a moment’s flight Hath reached the encincture of that gloomy sea Whose waves the Orphean lyre forbade to meet In conflict; whose rough winds forgot their jars 10 To waft the heroic progeny of Greece; When the first Ship sailed for the Golden Fleece– ARGO–exalted for that daring feat To fix in heaven her shape distinct with stars.