With barely needful footing for my limbs—

And one is climbing up the inward coil,

Who was my friend and brother. We have gazed

Together on the midnight map of heaven,

And marked the gems in Cassiopea’s hair—

Together have we heard the nightingale

Waste the exuberant music of her throat,

And lull the flustering breezes into calm—

Together have we emulously sung

Of Hyacinthus, Daphne, and the rest,