Of Ilia’s lovely twins.

Come, Poesy, and with thy shadowy hands

Cover me softly, singing all the night—

In thy dear presence find I best delight;

Even the saint that stands

Tending the gate of heaven, involved in beams

Of rarest glory, to my mortal eyes

Pales from the blest insanity of dreams

That round thee lies.

Unto the dusky borders of the grove