The labyrinth of this dark, grovelling life.

I said, “The mountain knows its place of rest,”

And clambered up above the level plain;

But the bald Titan answered me distressed:—

“Dullness alone doth Time for me ordain.”

I left the mountain and approached the winds—

Those infinite, proud spirits, ever free;

“We are the sighs of griefs that to your minds

Must still remain unknown,” they answered me.

And then above the winds and clouds I rose,