Through veils of ether opaline;
Their bases cinctured round with zones
Of giant beech and Delphic pine.
We sucked the air with Ariel’s greed,
And chest and nostril ampler grew;
Mile after mile rushed by with speed—
We felt the freshness of the dew;
While dimpled laughter soon began
To loosen up the heart and brain;
The blood inebriated ran,