Here is my body doomed to tread, this path,

A little hoary line and faintly traced,[249] 55

Work, shall we call it, of the shepherd’s foot

Or of his flock?—joint vestige of them both.

I pace it unrepining, for my thoughts

Admit no bondage and my words have wings.

Where is the Orphean lyre, or Druid harp, 60

To accompany the verse? The mountain blast

Shall be our hand of music; he shall sweep

The rocks, and quivering trees, and billowy lake,