But I have heard that ancient strain too long,

For sweet is sweet but when a little strange,

And I grow weary for some newer song;

For wherefore had I wings, unless to range

Through all things mutable, from change to change?"

XXXIV.

"But would'st thou hear the melodies of Time,

Listen when sleep and drowsy darkness roll

Over hush'd cities, and the midnight chime

Sounds from their hundred clocks, and deep bells toll