—She stops—is fastened to that rivulet's side;

And there (while, with sedater mien,

O'er timid waters that have scarcely left

Their birth-place in the rocky cleft,

She bends) at leisure may be seen

Features to old ideal grace allied,

Amid their smiles and dimples dignified—

Fit countenance for the soul of primal truth:

The bland composure of eternal youth!

"What more changeful than the sea?