Show valley of aare if one would see nature in a bewitching mood he should visit the val ley of aare the river aare had such an enormous hold on th imagination of wyss he was inspired to write sometimes the aare seems to me a young river god rushing impetuously from its cavern and traversing the plains with gay speed escorted by its troop of noisy brothers before long caught in cupida bonds he joins hands falth some naiad and lazily stretches himself in the lakes of and as if he wanted to aste the joys of calm repose coxe also remarked about this part of switzerland over a century ago it Is impossible to describe all these majestic and astonishing scenes for indeed they defy the strongest powers of pen and pincu |