If these offend thee; and forgive me, too,

If I perceive, within thine eyes of blue,

More than I utter—more than, in eclipse,

A man may note atween the argent tips

Of frighted Dian whom the Fates pursue.

VIII.

It is the thing I dream of; 'tis the thing

We know as rapture, when, with sudden thrill,

It snares the heart and subjugates the will;

I mean the pride, the power, by which we cling