Lord Byron – Childe Harold Canto 3 part 8
The pilgrim halts this time at “Clarens! by heavenly feet thy paths are trod, – undying Love’s, who here ascends a throne to which the steps are mountains;…”.and he finds “The bud which brings the swiftest thought of beauty, here extend, mingling, and made by Love, unto one mighty end”. He advises “he who hath loved not, here would learn that lore, and make his heart a spirit;….”. Childe begs “but let me quit man’s works, again to read his Maker’s, spread about me,…”
