(Stilled from afar—such marvel story tells— 55

By casual outbreak of his passionate words,

And from their own pursuits in field or grove

Drawn to his side by look or act of love

Humane, and virtue of his innocent life)

He wont to hold companionship so free, 60

So pure, so fraught with knowledge and delight,

As to be likened in his Followers’ minds

To that which our first Parents, ere the fall

From their high state darkened the Earth with fear,