Vivid as fire; clouds separately poised,—

Innumerable multitude of forms

Scattered through half the circle of the sky;

And giving back, and shedding each on each,

With prodigal communion, the bright hues

Which from the unapparent fount of glory

They had imbibed, and ceased not to receive.

That which the heavens displayed, the liquid deep

Repeated; but with unity sublime!

While from the grassy mountain's open side[LB]