In the far West the clouds are mustering,

Without hurry, noise, or blustering:

And soon as Body’s nightly Sentinel

Himself doth nod, I open furtive eyes ...

With darkling hook the Farmer of the Skies

Goes reaping stars: they flicker, one by one,

Nodding a little; tumble—and are gone.


Storm: to the Theme of Polyphemus