Till Fancy had her fill; but ere a close,

The wonted roar was up amidst the woods,

And filled the air with barbarous dissonance:

At which I ceased, and listen’d them a while,

Till an unusual stop of sudden silence

Gave respite to the drowsy-flighted steeds

That draw the litter of close-curtain’d sleep:

At last a soft and solemn breathing sound

Rose like a steam of rich distill’d perfumes,

And stole upon the air, that even Silence