First felt his youth and strength, and from his spring

Moved smiling toward his summer. On that day,

Love working shook his wings (that charged the winds

With spiced May-sweets from bound to bound) and blew

Fresh fire into the sun, and from within

Burst thro' the heated buds, and sent his soul

Into the songs of birds, and touch'd far-off

His mountain-altars, his high hills, with flame

Milder and purer. Up the rocks we wound;

The great pine shook with lovely sounds of joy,