咥nd　Clytia　pondering　between　many　a　sun；
  While　pettish　tears　adown　her　petals　run　：
  嘇nd　that　aspiring　flower　that　sprang　on　Earth　…
  And　died；　ere　scarce　exalted　into　birth；
  Bursting　its　odorous　heart　in　spirit　to　wing
  Its　way　to　Heaven；　from　garden　of　a　king　：
  *　This　flower　is　much　noticed　by　Lewenhoeck　and　Tournefort。　The　bee；
  feeding　upon　its　blossom；　becomes　intoxicated。
  ？Clytia　…　The　Chrysanthemum　Peruvianum；　or；　to　employ　a　better…known
  term；　the　turnsol　…　which　continually　turns　towards　the　sun；　covers
  itself；　like　Peru；　the　country　from　which　it　comes；　with　dewy　clouds　which
  cool　and　refresh　its　flowers　during　the　most　violent　heat　of　the　day。　…
  _B。　de　St。　Pierre_。
  ？There　is　cultivated　in　the　king's　garden　at　Paris；　a　species　of
  serpentine　aloes　without　prickles；　whose　large　and　beautiful　flower
  exhales　a　strong　odour　of　the　vanilla；　during　the　time　of　its　expansion；
  which　is　very　short。　It　does　not　blow　till　towards　the　month　of　July　…　you
  then　perceive　it　gradually　open　its　petals　…　expand　them　…　fade　and　die。　…
  _St。　Pierre_。
  *And　Valisnerian　lotus　thither　flown
  From　struggling　with　the　waters　of　the　Rhone　：
  咥nd　thy　most　lovely　purple　perfume；　Zante　！
  Isola　d'oro　！　…　Fior　di　Levante　！
  嘇nd　the　Nelumbo　bud　that　floats　for　ever
  With　Indian　Cupid　down　the　holy　river　…
  Fair　flowers；　and　fairy　！　to　whose　care　is　given
  ？To　bear　the　Goddess'　song；　in　odors；　up　to　Heaven　：
  〃Spirit　！　that　dwellest　where；
  In　the　deep　sky；
  The　terrible　and　fair；
  In　beauty　vie　！
  Beyond　the　line　of　blue　…
  The　boundary　of　the　star
  Which　turneth　at　the　view
  Of　thy　barrier　and　thy　bar　…
  Of　the　barrier　overgone
  By　the　comets　who　were　cast
  From　their　pride；　and　from　their　throne
  To　be　drudges　till　the　last　…
  To　be　carriers　of　fire
  （The　red　fire　of　their　heart）
  With　speed　that　may　not　tire
  And　with　pain　that　shall　not　part　…
  *　There　is　found；　in　the　Rhone；　a　beautiful　lily　of　the　Valisnerian
  kind。　Its　stem　will　stretch　to　the　length　of　three　or　four　feet　　…　thus
  preserving　its　head　above　water　in　the　swellings　of　the　river。
  ？The　Hyacinth。
  ？It　is　a　fiction　of　the　Indians；　that　Cupid　was　first　seen　floating
  in　one　of　these　down　the　river　Ganges　…　and　that　he　still　loves　the　cradle
  of　his　childhood。
  ？And　golden　vials　full　of　odors　which　are　the　prayers　of　the　saints。
  …　_Rev。　St。　John_。
  Who　livest　…　_that_　we　know　…
  In　Eternity　…　we　feel　…
  But　the　shadow　of　whose　brow
  What　spirit　shall　reveal　？
  Tho'　the　beings　whom　thy　Nesace；
  Thy　messenger　hath　known
  Have　dream'd　for　thy　Infinity
  *A　model　of　their　own　…
  Thy　will　is　done；　Oh；　God　！
  The　star　hath　ridden　high
  Thro'　many　a　tempest；　but　she　rode
  Beneath　thy　burning　eye　；
  And　here；　in　thought；　to　thee　…
  In　thought　that　can　alone
  Ascend　thy　empire　and　so　be
  A　partner　of　thy　throne　…
  *　The　Humanitarians　held　that　God　was　to　be　understood　as　having　a
  really　human　form。　…　_Vide　Clarke's　Sermons_；　vol。　1；　page　26；　fol。　edit。
  The　drift　of　Milton's　argument；　leads　him　to　employ　language　which
  would　appear；　at　first　sight；　to　verge　upon　their　doctrine　；　　but　it　will
  be　seen　immediately；　that　he　guards　himself　against　the　charge　of　having
  adopted　one　of　the　most　ignorant　errors　of　the　dark　ages　of　the　church。　…
  _Dr。　Sumner's　Notes　on　Milton's　Christian　Doctrine_。
  This　opinion；　in　spite　of　many　testimonies　to　the　contrary；　could
  never　have　been　very　general。　Andeus；　a　Syrian　of　Mesopotamia；　was
  condemned　for　the　opinion；　as　heretical。　He　lived　in　the　beginning　of　the
  fourth　century。　His　disciples　were　called　Anthropmorphites。　…　_Vide　Du
  Pin_。
  Among　Milton's　poems　are　these　lines：　…
  Dicite　sacrorum　pr鎠ides　nemorum　De？　&c。
  Quis　ille　primus　cujus　ex　imagine
  Natura　solers　finxit　humanum　genus　？
  Eternus；　incorruptus；　鎞u鎣us　polo；
  Unusque　et　universus　exemplar　Dei。　…　And　afterwards；
  Non　cui　profundum　C鎐itas　lumen　dedit
  Dirc鎢s　augur　vidit　hunc　alto　sinu；　&c。
  *By　winged　Fantasy；
  My　embassy　is　given；
  Till　secrecy　shall　knowledge　be
  In　the　environs　of　Heaven。〃
  She　ceas'd　…　and　buried　then　her　burning　cheek
  Abash'd；　amid　the　lilies　there；　to　seek
  A　shelter　from　the　fervour　of　His　eye　；
  For　the　stars　trembled　at　the　Deity。
  She　stirr'd　not　…　breath'd　not　…　for　a　voice　was　there
  How　solemnly　pervading　the　calm　air　！
  A　sound　of　silence　on　the　startled　ear
  Which　dreamy　poets　name　〃the　music　of　the　sphere。〃
  Ours　is　a　world　of　words　：　　Quiet　we　call
  〃Silence〃　…　which　is　the　merest　word　of　all。
  All　Nature　speaks；　and　ev'n　ideal　things
  Flap　shadowy　sounds　from　visionary　wings　…
  But　ah　！　not　so　when；　thus；　in　realms　on　high
  The　eternal　voice　of　God　is　passing　by；
  And　the　red　winds　are　withering　in　the　sky　！
  ？What　tho'　in　worlds　which　sightless　cycles　run；
  Link'd　to　a　little　system；　and　one　sun　…
  Where　all　my　love　is　folly　and　the　crowd
  Still　think　my　terrors　but　the　thunder　cloud；
  The　storm；　the　earthquake；　and　the　ocean…wrath　…
  （Ah　！　will　they　cross　me　in　my　angrier　path　？）
  What　tho'　in　worlds　which　own　a　single　sun
  The　sands　of　Time　grow　dimmer　as　they　run；
  *　Seltsamen　Tochter　Jovis
  Seinem　Schosskinde
  Der　Phantasie。　…　_G鰁the_。
  ？Sightless　…　too　small　to　be　seen　…　_Legge_。
  Yet　thine　is　my　resplendency；　so　given
  To　bear　my　secrets　thro'　the　upper　Heaven。
  Leave　tenantless　thy　crystal　home；　and　fly；
  With　all　thy　train；　athwart　the　moony　sky　…
  *Apart　…　like　fire…flies　in　Sicilian　night；
  And　wing　to　other　worlds　another　light　！
  Divulge　the　secrets　of　thy　embassy
  To　the　proud　orbs　that　twinkle　…　and　so　be
  To　ev'ry　heart　a　barrier　and　a　ban
  Lest　the　stars　totter　in　the　guilt　of　man　！〃
  Up　rose　the　maiden　in　the　yellow　night；
  The　single…mooned　eve　！　…　on　Earth　we　plight
  Our　faith　to　one　love　…　and　one　moon　adore　…
  The　birth…place　of　young　Beauty　had　no　more。
  As　sprang　that　yellow　star　from　downy　hours
  Up　rose　the　maiden　from　her　shrine　of　flowers；
  And　bent　o'er　sheeny　mountain　and　dim　plain
  咹er　way　…　but　left　not　yet　her　Theras鎍n　reign。
  *　I　have　often　noticed　a　peculiar　movement　of　the　fire…flies　；　…　they
  will　collect　in　a　body　and　fly　off；　from　a　common　centre；　into　innumerable
  radii。
  ？Theras鎍；　or　Therasea；　the　island　mentioned　by　Seneca；　which；　in　a
  moment；　arose　from　the　sea　to　the　eyes　of　astonished　mariners。
  Part　II。
  HIGH　on　a　mountain　of　enamell'd　head　…
  Such　as　the　drowsy　shepherd　on　his　bed
  Of　giant　pasturage　lying　at　his　ease；
  Raising　his　heavy　eyelid；　starts　and　sees
  With　many　a　mutter'd　〃hope　to　be　forgiven〃
  What　time　the　moon　is　quadrated　in　Heaven　…
  Of　rosy　head；　that　towering　far　away
  Into　the　sunlit　ether；　caught　the　ray
  Of　sunken　suns　at　eve　…　at　noon　of　night；
  While　the　moon　danc'd　with　the　fair　stranger　light　…
  Uprear'd　upon　such　height　arose　a　pile
  Of　gorgeous　columns　on　th'　unburthen'd　air；
  Flashing　from　Parian　marble　that　twin　smile
  Far　down　upon　the　wave　that　sparkled　there；
  And　nursled　the　young　mountain　in　its　lair。
  *Of　molten　stars　their　pavement；　such　as　fall
  Thro'　the　ebon　air；　besilvering　the　pall
  Of　their　own　dissolution；　while　they　die　…
  Adorning　then　the　dwellings　of　the　sky。
  A　dome；　by　linked　light　from　Heaven　let　down；
  Sat　gently　on　these　columns　as　a　crown　…
  A　window　of　one　circular　diamond；　there；
  Look'd　out　above　into　the　purple　air；
  *　Some　star　which；　from　the　ruin'd　roof
  Of　shak'd　Olympus；　by　mischance；　did　fall。　…　_Milton。_
  And　rays　from　God　shot　down　that　meteor　chain
  And　hallow'd　all　the　beauty　twice　again；
  Save　when；　between　th'　Empyrean　and　that　ring；
  Some　eager　spirit　flapp'd　his　dusky　wing。
  But　on　the　pillars　Seraph　eyes　have　seen
  The　dimness　of　this　world　：　　that　greyish　green
  That　Nature　loves　the　best　for　Beauty's　grave
  Lurk'd　in　each　cornice；　round　each　architrave　…
  And　every　sculptur'd　cherub　thereabout
  That　from　his　marble　dwelling　peer閐　out
  Seem'd　earthly　in　the　shadow　of　his　niche　…
  Achaian　statues　in　a　world　so　rich　？
  *Friezes　from　Tadmor　and　Persepolis　…
  From　Balbec；　and　the　stilly；　clear　abyss
  哋f　beautiful　Gomorrah　！　　O；　the　wave
  Is　now　upon　thee　…　but　too　late　to　save　！
  Sound　loves　to　revel　in　a　summer　night　：
  Witness　the　murmur　of　the　grey　twilight
  *　Voltaire；　in　speaking　of　Persepolis；　says；　〃Je　connois　bien
  l'admiration　qu'inspirent　ces　ruines　…　mais　un　palais　erig？au　pied　d'une
  chaine　des　rochers　sterils　…　peut　il　阾re　un　chef　d'渧ure　des　arts　！〃
  ＇_Voila　les　arguments　de　M。　Voltaire_。＇
  ？〃Oh　！　the　wave〃　…　Ula　Degusi　is　the　Turkish　appellation；　but；　on　its
  own　shores；　it　is　called　Bahar　Loth；　or　Almotanah。　There　were　undoubtedly
  more　than　two　cities　engluphed　in　the　〃dead　sea。〃　In　the　valley　of　Siddim
  were　five　…　Adrah；　Zeboin；　Zoar；　Sodom　and　Gomorrah。　Stephen　of　Byzantium
  mentions　eight；　and　Strabo　thirteeen；　（engulphed）　…　but　the　last　is　out　of
  all