[A Viennese gentleman, who had climbed the Hoch-König br without a guide, was found dead, in a sitting posture, near the br summit, upon which he had written, 'It is cold, and clouds shut br out the view.'- br Vide br the br Daily News br of September 10, 1891.] br br So mounts the child of ages of desire, br Man, up the steeps of Thought; and would behold br Yet purer peaks, touched with unearthlier fire, br In sudden prospect virginally new; br But on the lone last height he sighs: ''Tis cold, br And clouds shut out the view.' br br Ah, doom of mortals! Vexed with phantoms old, br Old phantoms that waylay us and pursue,- br Weary of dreams,-we think to see unfold br The eternal landscape of the Real and True; br And on our Pisgah can but write: ''Tis cold, br And clouds shut out the view.