That waft a breath of hope around the tomb;

And kneel upon the dewy turf to pray!

But thou, what cave hath dimly chamber’d thee?

Vain dreams!—oh! art thou not where there is no more sea?[306]

LXII.

The wind rose free and singing: when for ever,

O’er that sole spot of all the watery plain,

I could have bent my sight with fond endeavour

Down, where its treasure was, its glance to strain

Then rose the reckless wind! Before our prow