And not in utter nakedness,

But trailing clouds of glory do we come

From God, who is our home: 65

Heaven lies about us in our infancy!

Shades of the prison-house begin to close

Upon the growing Boy,

But He beholds the light, and whence it flows

He sees it in his joy; 70

The Youth, who daily farther from the east

Must travel, still is Nature’s Priest,