Encircling me and mingling with my life.

These make myself: I have long sought in vain

To trace how they were formed by circumstance,

Yet ever found them mould my wildest youth

Where they alone displayed themselves, converted

All objects to their use: now see their course!

They came to me in my first dawn of life

Which passed alone with wisest ancient books

All halo-girt with fancies of my own;

And I myself went with the tale—a god