How vividly this moment brightens forth,

Between grey parallel and leaden breadths,

A belt of hues that stripes thee many a league,

Flush'd like the rainbow or the ringdove's neck,

And giving to the glancing sea-bird's wing

The semblance of a meteor.

Mighty Sea!

Cameleon-like thou changest, but there's love

In all thy change, and constant sympathy

With yonder Sky—thy mistress; from her brow