And to the mind's alone.

'Tis for diurnal uses mine,

To move howe'er I please,

Or mingle with its brothers nine

Enclasped about my knees.

Yet often when the mind's afar,

By vagrant thought bestirred,

It gaily shifts and beats the bar

To songs and sounds unheard.

Mute eloquence! 'Tis plain to see