That shapes in heaven its murky shroud,

Hath power to injure mine.

But[307] not for this do I aspire

To match the spark of local fire,

That at my will burns on the dewy lawn,

With thy acknowledged glories;—No!

Yet, thus upbraided, I may show[308]

What favours do attend me here,

Till, like thyself, I disappear

Before the purple dawn."