Out from the tangled elements. So I turned

Whither the Shape let fall Its jaw to weave

Its chill articulation passionlessly.

Ill-eeriely fell Its speech, as tho’ It spurned

Life’s various intonation, to answer me

What in high mien I sought.

“Mortal, not mine

Scripts to declare; neither attorneys high

To sate thy heart wherewith. My voice proceeds

Swift to thy nobler self. Didst thou apply