Which the open plains supply;
While, with more life gifted, I
Am denied its liberty.
In Act II. Clotardo tells how he has talked to the young prince, brought up in solitude and confinement:
There I spoke with him awhile
Of the human arts and letters,
Which the still and silent aspect
Of the mountains and the heavens
Him have taught--that school divine
Where he has been long a learner,