TO THE MOUNTAINS 



host, as we went early to bed; for "early to bed 

 and early to rise " is the motto in the mountains. 



And when I fell asleep, with the gentle murmur 

 of the river in my ears, I dreamt that I had wounded 

 a white chamois with golden horns the Zlatorog of 

 the Carinthian mountains, which to kill is eternal 

 happiness, but to miss is death ! 



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