The heart from all in nature bright

Must gather all the rays;—

Why on our life should censure fall?

The torch that fires with envy all

Was kindled first at passion’s blaze.

No—never from a tranquil breast

Such heavenly raptures found their way;

The concord wild, the sweet unrest,

Wherewith a subject world we sway.

The God that ruled o’er Homer’s birth,