By quick little journeys they follow and whistle.

Now a gossamer ship breaks away to the blue

(Who stands by the railing and waves adieu?)

All night it was moored to a thistle.

Who knows the glad business afoot on the by-way?

Who know the bold hopes sent adrift on the skyway?

Song’s Eternity

Into the song of the Poet are builded the things that endure:

The Pillars of Karnak will crumble but the song of Shelley is sure.

It will hold through the ages of ages, like the heavens steadied in air: