And, but that solid bulk outspread,

Opposed you on your onward tread,

And posts and pillars warranted

That all was true that Wyatt said,

You might have deem’d her walls so thick

Were not composed of stone or brick,

But all a phantom, all a trick,

Of brain disturb’d and fancy sick,

So high she soars, so vast, so quick!

——:o:——