... spreadbefore the eye, when the sun, gilding the top of the Alps, scatters the sea of vapours which undulates below!Through the receding vale the theatre of a whole world rises to the view! ... sunbeams wither in the dimmer skies, O'er the young ears the sand and pebbles drift:So the war rages, and the furious forces The air with smoke bespread, the field with corses. The vineyard ... it fills the hills and valleyswith its voice. The night is stooping to the west, the day is rising from the east, the morning red is leapingfrom the clouds, the sun looks through. The moon...