"Paused in yon waves her mighty horns to wet, "Then Plato's words of light in thee and ne "Is faithful now-the story of the feast; And Agathon and Diotima seemed From death and [ ] released.. FRAGMENT III. 'Twas at the season when the Earth upsprings Stands up before its mother bright and mild, To see it rise thus joyous from its dreams, The grass in the warm sun did start and move, many a one, though none be near to love, How many a spirit then puts on the pinions Sweeps in his dream-drawn chariot, far and fast, 'Twas at this season that Prince Athanase Past the white Alps-those eagle-baffling mountains The waterfalls were voiceless-for their fountains Which clanged along the mountain's marble brow, FRAGMENT IV. Thou art the wine whose drunkenness is all Catch thee, and feed from their overflowing bowls Investests it; and when the heavens are blue 143 Its desarts and its mountains, till they wear In spring, which moves the unawakened forest, That which from thee they should implore :-the weak Alone kneel to thee, offering up the hearts The strong have broken-yet where shall any seek A garment whom thou clothest not? Marlow, 1817. FINIS. LONDON: WILLIAM BENBOW, HIGH HOLB ORN, |