“Ecstatic Flame!” I broke, “yet would I know
Further one thing. Truly I bow before thee!
I yield my due of homage; I adore thee,
Eternal Radiance from on high! Thou bright
Image immortal! Yet, do I tempt the throe
Of yon steep way, what strength shall flush my thew
Sinking amid its steeps? Yea, as I woo
Its delicate largess, if my feeble might
Fail of its scintillant goal, what then? What deed,
What earnest, decks my quest, so to exchange