Black o'er the spread of sea,—down to the moist

Dale's silken barley-spikes sullied with rain,

Swayed earthwards, heavily to rise again—

The Small, a sphere as perfect as the Great

To the soul's absoluteness. Meditate

Too long on such a morning's cluster-chord

And the whole music it was framed afford,—

The chord's might half discovered, what should pluck

One string, his finger, was found palsy-struck.

And then no marvel if the spirit, shown