That what we feel of sorrow and despair
From ruin and from change, and all the grief
That passing shows[98] of Being leave behind,
Appeared an idle dream, that could maintain,
Nowhere, dominion o'er the enlightened spirit
Whose meditative sympathies repose
Upon the breast of Faith. I turned away,[99]
And walked along my road in happiness."
He ceased. Ere long the sun declining shot
A slant and mellow radiance, which began