Aright; give ear, endeavour to descry

The groves of giant rushes, how they grew

Like demons' endlong tresses we sailed through,

What mountains yawned, forests to give us vent

Opened, each doleful side, yet on we went

Till ... may that beetle (shake your cap) attest

The springing of a land-wind from the West!"

—Wherefore? Ah yes, you frolic it to-day!

To-morrow, and the pageant moved away

Down to the poorest tent-pole, we and you