Anon there rose an echo through the vale

Gave back Enydmion in a dreamlike tale.

[SONNET.]

TO AN ENTHUSIAST.

Young ardent soul, graced with fair Nature's truth,

Spring warmth of heart, and fervency of mind,

And still a large late love of all thy kind.

Spite of the world's cold practice and Time's tooth,—

For all these gifts, I know not, in fair sooth,

Whether to give thee joy, or bid thee blind