And hides his eyes. Few, few shall dare, great Bard,

Thy watery portals! Entering, fewer yet

Shall pierce thy music’s meaning, deep and hard!

But these shall owe to thee an endless debt;

The Eleusinian caverns they shall tread

That wind beneath man’s heart; and wisdom learn with dread.

Aubrey de Vere.


A PRECURSOR OF MARCO POLO.