XXVI.

But fill’d with holier joy the Persian stood,

In silent reverence, on the mountain’s brow,

At early dayspring, while the expanding flood

Of radiance burst around, above, below—

Bright, boundless as eternity: he gazed

Till his full soul, imbibing heaven, o’erflow’d

In worship of th’ Invisible, and praised

In thee, O Sun! the symbol and abode

Of life, and power, and excellence—the throne

Where dwelt the Unapproach’d, resplendently alone.[146]