And, when the sober evening draws around

Her curtains, clasp'd together by her Star,

Returning to the sea-rock's breezy peak.

And now the wood engirds me, the tall stems

Of birch and beech tree hemming me around,

Like pillars of some natural temple vast;

And, here and there, some giant pines ascend,

Briareus-like, amid the stirless air,

High stretching; like a good man's virtuous thoughts

Forsaking earth for heaven. The cushat stands