And Fame, ah Fame! her towers are but a tomb—

Star-set on dwindling heights of starry ground.

"And thou art done and being done must die,

Endeavor being dead and energy

Slain, a wild bird that beat bars to be free,

Despairing perished, finding life a lie."

VI.

IF thou wouldst know the Beautiful that breathes

Consanguined with young Earth, go seek!—but seek