The leaving forests laugh, the eagles scream;

For I am one with them, a mate, a brother,

Bound by nature to the human soul

That thro’ the accidents of nature runs.

And wherefore do they leap and laugh and sing,

And dance like vestals on a holyday?

Because their hearts are glad, and mænad-like,

They fain would share the frenzied cup they drink

With me, the man-child glorious.

I am he,