Planted in moss-grown rushes to the knee,

Beside the cloudy margin cold and dim;—

Howbeit no patient fisherman was he

That cast his sudden shadow from the brim,

Making us leave our toils to gaze on him."

LXX.

"His face was ashy pale, and leaden care

Had sunk the levell'd arches of his brow,

Once bridges for his joyous thoughts to fare

Over those melancholy springs and slow,