That doubtless wanted not its tender moods,

I breathed (for this I better recollect) 705

Among wild appetites and blind desires,

Motions of savage instinct, my delight

And exaltation. Nothing at that time

So welcome, no temptation half so dear

As that which urged me to a daring feat. 710

Deep pools, tall trees, black chasms, and dizzy crags,

And tottering towers; I loved to stand and read

Their looks forbidding, read and disobey,