" The secret strength of things
Which governs thought, and to the infinite dome
Of Heaven is as a column, rests on thee,
And what were thou and Earth and Stars and Sea
If to the human mind's imaginings
Silence and solitude were Vacancy? "

― Percy Bysshe Shelley , Mont Blanc: Lines Written In The Vale Of Chamouni = Monte Bianco: Versi Scritti Nella Valle Di Chamonix: Testo A Fronte (Di Monte In Monte)