Has he then flown away,

Lost, like a Star in Day,

Or like a Pearl in Depths unfathomëd?

Alas! thou hast done very ill,

Thus with thine Eyes the Vision of thy Soul to kill!

“2. Thought’st thou that earthly Light

Could then assist thy Sight,

Or that the Limits of Reality

Could grasp Things fairer than

Imagination’s Span,