For I am weary of the light of day.

Or call to Sleep, thy mild dejected twin,

And when the rosy-fingered Morn shall rise,

Will ye aloft upon the healthy wind,

That blows from out her dewy balconies,

Waft me to those calm isles, whose tribes obey

Sky-fallen Saturn’s ever peaceful sway?

IONIA.

Ye lands and immemorial isles, that bear