Veil’d are his eyes, to perils blind!

Wouldst thou from Love a reason seek?—

He is a child of wayward mind!

But with a doubt, a jealous fear,

Inspire him once—the task is o’er;

His mind is keen, his sight is clear,

No more an infant, blind no more.


“Sprezza il furor del vento.”

Unbending midst the wintry skies,