That floating dimly to the musing eye,

Assume, at Fancy’s touch, fantastic shew,

And raise her sweet romantic visions high.

Then let me stand amidst thy glooms profound

On some wild woody steep, and hear the breeze

That swells in mournful melody around,

And faintly dies upon the distant trees.

What melancholy charm steals o’er the mind!

What hallow’d tears the rising rapture greet!

While many a viewless Spirit in the wind