Of Romance and Beauty; where,

High upon the temple stair,

Priest-like, bay-crowned, white of hair,

Old Tradition, looking up,

Pours libation from his cup.

Thou hast sung, all sweet of tongue,

As once wild Amphion sung,

Songs,—Parnassian rocks,—that swung

Each in its lyric niche, and massed

Such mural heights of song and vast,