How did William Wordsworth’s 1790 journey through the Alps appear in The Prelude?

In his autobiographical poem The Prelude, William Wordsworth recounts his 1790 hiking journey through the Alps with a friend. He specifically describes his first encounter with Mont Blanc and the valley of Chamonix (Chamouny), using these sights to express contrasting emotional responses.12

In the poem, he writes of beholding the summit of Mont Blanc from a bare ridge and depicts the "wondrous Vale" of Chamonix below, where he observes the imagery of winter descending like a "well-tamed lion" to play among the flowers and cottages. These descriptions serve as part of the poet's broader exploration of the relationship between nature and the human mind, a central theme throughout the work.13