Far distant from the world’s dominions,

My solitary days and nights beguile

In sending out, swift as careering wind,

My messenger with starry pinions—

That he may speed and find

The shapes and hues of beauty which adorn

The land, the unreal land where he was born!

Oh then, what strange enchantment I behold!

A Fairy palace, built of pearls and gold

Upon a slope of emerald. Myriads swarm