Poised ’twixt the blushing ecstasy, and the frore

Spectre of ruinous side.

“What is’t to me, this social affluence,

The agglomerate frame of peace, when ecstasy

Raps loudly at my soul? What gain hast thou?

Yon dismal gloom, barren and dim and chill,

Say, what felicity

Commensurate with this Lady’s exquisite sense

Bestows it? Utter thy delightful fill

Alternate for my choice; hereafter, now,