Radiant, as if a saint, or Christ

Himself had blessed his sight.

For in the voices one sweet voice

Swam, like a spirit’s, in his ears:

He could not speak, or move, or breathe;

While slowly trickling tears

Ran down his cheeks, as, louder still,

The swan-voiced organ breathed its knell,

And on its cloudy height of song

Paused, trembled, moaned and fell.