Was the reply—and Peter deeply mused,

Not without awe. His sadness to dispel,

They sought the gallery; and then all was well.

Yet, enter’d there, although so clear his mind

From every fear substantial and defined,

Yet there remain’d some touch of native fear— }

Of something awful to the eye and ear— 370}

A ghostly voice might sound—a ghost itself appear. }

There noble Pictures fill’d his mind with joy—

He gazed and thought, and was no more the boy;