The wailing, not of water or wind—

A husht, far, wild, divine lament,

When Prospero his wizardry bent

Winged Ariel to bind....

Then silence, and o'er-flooding noon.

I raised my head; smiled too. And he—

Moved his great hand, the magic gone—

Gently amused to see

My ignorant wonderment. He sighed.

'It was a nightingale,' he said,