LXXII.

I see a star—eve’s first-born!—in whose train

Past scenes, words, looks, come back. The arrowy spire

Of the lone cypress, as of wood-girt fane,

Rests dark and still amidst a heaven of fire;

The pine gives forth its odours, and the lake

Gleams like one ruby, and the soft winds wake,

Till every string of nature’s solemn lyre

Is touch’d to answer; its most secret tone

Drawn from each tree, for each hath whispers all its own.