And, wheeling the big seas, made ebb and flood

Along the shores of earth: and held these two

In dead sleep till the time of morning dew.

CANTO III

1

He woke, and all at once before his eyes

The pale spires of the chestnut-trees in bloom

Rose waving and, beyond, dove-coloured skies;

But where he lay was dark and, out of gloom,

He saw them, through the doorway of a room