Of his own truth and innocence,

And virtues lofty and severe—

Nay, nay! what need of reasons here?

They touch'd a fringe of tossing trees

That bound a mountain's brow like bay,

And through the fragrant boughs a breeze

Blew salt-flood freshness.

Far away,

From mountain brow to desert base

Lay chaos, space, unbounded space,