Across my path, as if by Heaven's command.

A lofty and immeasurable longing

Sprung up within my breast, beyond control,

A throbbing multitude of fancies thronging

Strove to o'ermaster and o'ermatch the whole:

Creation rose from chaos, as at first,

A water in the wilderness to quench my thirst.

The complicated elements of Mind,

No longer dim, confused, and undefined,

Rolled into order, and the springs of thought