Quenched in a concord. No! Yet, such the might

Of quietude's immutability,

That somehow coldness gathered warmth, well-nigh

Quickened—which could not be!—grew burning-bright

With fife-shriek, cymbal-clash and trumpet-blare,

To drum-accentuation: pacing turned

Striding, and striding grew gigantic, spurned

At last the narrow space 'twixt earth and air,

So shook me back into my sober self.

IV