Thou risest, robed in gleaming Thought.

The steeds of empyrean strain

The wafture of thy hand obey,

As, scattering fire from hoof and mane,

They flash o’er peak and field and spray.180

Thick as the northern meteors sweep

Adown the clear autumnal skies,

Through airy dews o’er plain and steep

Thy florets fall in rainbow-dyes,

And where they rest take root and spread,185