And ocean's liquid mass, beneath him lay

In gladness and deep joy. The clouds were touched,

And in their silent faces did he read

Unutterable love. Sound needed none,

Nor any voice of joy; his spirit drank

The spectacle: sensation, soul, and form

All melted into him: they swallowed up

His animal being; in them did he live,

And by them did he live: they were his life.

In such access of mind, in such high hour