On every side encountered; in despite
Of the gross fictions chanted in the streets
By wandering Rhapsodists;[FH] and in contempt
Of doubt and bold denial[365] hourly urged
Amid the wrangling schools—a SPIRIT hung,
Beautiful region! o'er thy towns and farms,
Statues and temples, and memorial tombs;
And emanations were perceived; and acts
Of immortality, in Nature's course,
Exemplified by mysteries, that were felt