2.
Others have speculated on this theme;
Then why not I, who feel impelled to try
My feeble power upon the waking dream
Of all the ages? Though presumptuous seem
My efforts, there can be no reason why
The least may not divulge the thoughts that rise
Within the soul so eager to descry,
As wide it opes its ever-straining eyes,
The visions that might daze the more profoundly wise.