One black night in Arcadia: yes, the pines,

Mountains and valleys mingling made one mass

Of black with void black heaven: the earth's confines,

The sky's embrace,—below, above, around,

All hardened into black without a bound.

Fill up a swart stone chalice to the brim

With fresh-squeezed yet fast-thickening poppy-juice:

See how the sluggish jelly, late a-swim,

Turns marble to the touch of who would loose

The solid smooth, grown jet from rim to rim,