But breathes of bliss, of beauty's reign,

And concord, such as in the sky

The soul is taught to meet again.

O man, who veil'd in deepest night

This beauty-breathing world of thine,

And taught the serpent's deadly blight

Amid its sweetest flowers to twine,

Thou, thou alone hast dared repine,

And turn'd aside from duty's call,

Thou who hast broken nature's shrine,