"Peaceful as this immeasurable plain

Is now, by beams of dawning light imprest,
In the calm sunshine slept the glittering main;
The very ocean hath its hour of rest.

I too forgot the heavings of my breast.
How quiet 'round me ship and ocean were !

As quiet all within me. I was blest,
And looked, and fed upon the silent air
Until it seemed to bring a joy to my despair.