And, mingled oft with some wild eagle’s cry,

From rock-built eyrie rushing to the sky,

So deep the solemn and majestic sound

Of forests, and of waters murmuring round—

That, rapt in wondering awe, his heart forgets

Its fleeting struggles and its vain regrets.

—What earthly feeling unabash’d can dwell

In nature’s mighty presence?—midst the swell

Of everlasting hills, the roar of floods,

And frown of rocks, and pomp of waving woods?