Is　of　all　these　the　gentlier…　mightiest。
  When　thy　gold　breath　is　misting　in　the　west；
  She　unobserved　steals　unto　her　throne；
  And　there　she　sits　most　meek　and　most　alone；
  As　if　she　had　not　pomp　subservient；
  As　if　thine　eye；　high　Poet！　was　not　bent
  Towards　her　with　the　Muses　in　thine　heart；
  As　if　the　ministring　stars　kept　not　apart；
  Waiting　for　silver…footed　messages。
  O　Moon！　the　oldest　shades　'mong　oldest　trees
  Feel　palpitations　when　thou　lookest　in：
  O　Moon！　old　boughs　lisp　forth　a　holier　din
  The　while　they　feel　thine　airy　fellowship。
  Thou　dost　bless　every　where；　with　silver　lip
  Kissing　dead　things　to　life。　The　sleeping　kine；
  Couch'd　in　thy　brightness；　dream　of　fields　divine：
  Innumerable　mountains　rise；　and　rise；
  Ambitious　for　the　hallowing　of　thine　eyes；
  And　yet　thy　benediction　passeth　not
  One　obscure　hiding…place；　one　little　spot
  Where　pleasure　may　be　sent：　the　nested　wren
  Has　thy　fair　face　within　its　tranquil　ken；
  And　from　beneath　a　sheltering　ivy　leaf
  Takes　glimpses　of　thee；　thou　art　a　relief
  To　the　poor　patient　oyster；　where　it　sleeps
  Within　its　pearly　house。…　The　mighty　deeps；
  The　monstrous　sea　is　thine…　the　myriad　sea！
  O　Moon！　far…spooming　Ocean　bows　to　thee；
  And　Tellus　feels　his　forehead's　cumbrous　load。
  Cynthia！　where　art　thou　now？　What　far　abode
  Of　green　or　silvery　bower　doth　enshrine
  Such　utmost　beauty？　Alas；　thou　dost　pine
  For　one　as　sorrowful：　thy　cheek　is　pale
  For　one　whose　cheek　is　pale：　thou　dost　bewail
  His　tears；　who　weeps　for　thee。　Where　dost　thou　sigh？
  Ah！　surely　that　light　peeps　from　Vesper's　eye；
  Or　what　a　thing　is　love！　'Tis　She；　but　lo！
  How　chang'd；　how　full　of　ache；　how　gone　in　woe！
  She　dies　at　the　thinnest　cloud；　her　loveliness
  Is　wan　on　Neptune's　blue：　yet　there's　a　stress
  Of　love…spangles；　just　off　yon　cape　of　trees；
  Dancing　upon　the　waves；　as　if　to　please
  The　curly　foam　with　amorous　influence。
  O；　not　so　idle：　for　down…glancing　thence
  She　fathoms　eddies；　and　runs　wild　about
  O'erwhelming　water…courses；　scaring　out
  The　thorny　sharks　from　hiding…holes；　and　fright'ning
  Their　savage　eyes　with　unaccustom'd　lightning。
  Where　will　the　splendour　be　content　to　reach？
  O　love！　how　potent　hast　thou　been　to　teach
  Strange　journeyings！　Wherever　beauty　dwells；
  In　gulph　or　aerie；　mountains　or　deep　dells；
  In　light；　in　gloom；　in　star　or　blazing　sun；
  Thou　pointest　out　the　way；　and　straight　'tis　won。
  Amid　his　toil　thou　gav'st　Leander　breath；
  Thou　leddest　Orpheus　through　the　gleams　of　death；
  Thou　madest　Pluto　bear　thin　element；
  And　now；　O　winged　Chieftain！　thou　hast　sent
  A　moon…beam　to　the　deep；　deep　water…world；
  To　find　Endymion。
  On　gold　sand　impearl'd
  With　lilly　shells；　and　pebbles　milky　white；
  Poor　Cynthia　greeted　him；　and　sooth'd　her　light
  Against　his　pallid　face：　he　felt　the　charm
  To　breathlessness；　and　suddenly　a　warm
  Of　his　heart's　blood：　'twas　very　sweet；　he　stay'd
  His　wandering　steps；　and　half…entranced　laid
  His　head　upon　a　tuft　of　straggling　weeds；
  To　taste　the　gentle　moon；　and　freshening　beads；
  Lash'd　from　the　crystal　roof　by　fishes'　tails。
  And　so　he　kept；　until　the　rosy　veils
  Mantling　the　east；　by　Aurora's　peering　hand
  Were　lifted　from　the　water's　breast；　and　fann'd
  Into　sweet　air；　and　sober'd　morning　came
  Meekly　through　billows：…　when　like　taper…flame
  Left　sudden　by　a　dallying　breath　of　air；
  He　rose　in　silence；　and　once　more　'gan　fare
  Along　his　fated　way。
  Far　had　he　roam'd；
  With　nothing　save　the　hollow　vast；　that　foam'd；
  Above；　around；　and　at　his　feet；　save　things
  More　dead　than　Morpheus'　imaginings：
  Old　rusted　anchors；　helmets；　breast…plates　large
  Of　gone　sea…warriors；　brazen　beaks　and　targe；
  Rudders　that　for　a　hundred　years　had　lost
  The　sway　of　human　hand；　gold　vase　emboss'd
  With　long…forgotten　story；　and　wherein
  No　reveller　had　ever　dipp'd　a　chin
  But　those　of　Saturn's　vintage；　mouldering　scrolls；
  Writ　in　the　tongue　of　heaven；　by　those　souls
  Who　first　were　on　the　earth；　and　sculptures　rude
  In　ponderous　stone；　developing　the　mood
  Of　ancient　Nox；…　then　skeletons　of　man；
  Of　beast；　behemoth；　and　leviathan；
  And　elephant；　and　eagle；　and　huge　jaw
  Of　nameless　monster。　A　cold　leaden　awe
  These　secrets　struck　into　him；　and　unless
  Dian　had　chaced　away　that　heaviness；
  He　might　have　died：　but　now；　with　cheered　feel；
  He　onward　kept；　wooing　these　thoughts　to　steal
  About　the　labyrinth　in　his　soul　of　love。
  〃What　is　there　in　thee；　Moon！　that　thou　shouldst　move
  My　heart　so　potently？　When　yet　a　child
  I　oft　have　dried　my　tears　when　thou　hast　smil'd。
  Thou　seem'dst　my　sister：　hand　in　hand　we　went
  From　eve　to　morn　across　the　firmament。
  No　apples　would　I　gather　from　the　tree；
  Till　thou　hadst　cool'd　their　cheeks　deliciously：
  No　tumbling　water　ever　spake　romance；
  But　when　my　eyes　with　thine　thereon　could　dance：
  No　woods　were　green　enough；　no　bower　divine；
  Until　thou　liftedst　up　thine　eyelids　fine：
  In　sowing　time　ne'er　would　I　dibble　take；
  Or　drop　a　seed；　till　thou　wast　wide　awake；
  And；　in　the　summer　tide　of　blossoming；
  No　one　but　thee　hath　heard　me　blithly　sing
  And　mesh　my　dewy　flowers　all　the　night。
  No　melody　was　like　a　passing　spright
  If　it　went　not　to　solemnize　thy　reign。
  Yes；　in　my　boyhood；　every　joy　and　pain
  By　thee　were　fashion'd　to　the　self…same　end；
  And　as　I　grew　in　years；　still　didst　thou　blend
  With　all　my　ardours：　thou　wast　the　deep　glen；
  Thou　wast　the　mountain…top…　the　sage's　pen…
  The　poet's　harp…　the　voice　of　friends…　the　sun；
  Thou　wast　the　river…　thou　wast　glory　won；
  Thou　wast　my　clarion's　blast…　thou　wast　my　steed…
  My　goblet　full　of　wine…　my　topmost　deed：…
  Thou　wast　the　charm　of　women；　lovely　Moon！
  O　what　a　wild　and　harmonized　tune
  My　spirit　struck　from　all　the　beautiful！
  On　some　bright　essence　could　I　lean；　and　lull
  Myself　to　immortality：　I　prest
  Nature's　soft　pillow　in　a　wakeful　rest。
  But；　gentle　Orb！　there　came　a　nearer　bliss…
  My　strange　love　came…　Felicity's　abyss！
  She　came；　and　thou　didst　fade；　and　fade　away…
  Yet　not　entirely；　no；　thy　starry　sway
  Has　been　an　under…passion　to　this　hour。
  Now　I　begin　to　feel　thine　orby　power
  Is　coming　fresh　upon　me：　O　be　kind；
  Keep　back　thine　influence；　and　do　not　blind
  My　sovereign　vision。…　Dearest　love；　forgive
  That　I　can　think　away　from　thee　and　live！…
  Pardon　me；　airy　planet；　that　I　prize
  One　thought　beyond　thine　argent　luxuries！
  How　far　beyond！〃　At　this　a　surpris'd　start
  Frosted　the　springing　verdure　of　his　heart；
  For　as　he　lifted　up　his　eyes　to　swear
  How　his　own　goddess　was　past　all　things　fair；
  He　saw　far　in　the　concave　green　of　the　sea
  An　old　man　sitting　calm　and　peacefully。
  Upon　a　weeded　rock　this　old　man　sat；
  And　his　white　hair　was　awful；　and　a　mat
  Of　weeds　were　cold　beneath　his　cold　thin　feet；
  And；　ample　as　the　largest　winding…sheet；
  A　cloak　of　blue　wrapp'd　up　his　aged　bones；
  O'erwrought　with　symbols　by　the　deepest　groans
  Of　ambitious　magic：　every　ocean…form
  Was　woven　in　with　black　distinctness；　storm；
  And　calm；　and　whispering；　and　hideous　roar；
  Quicksand；　and　whirlpool；　and　deserted　shore；
  Were　emblem'd　in　the　woof；　with　every　shape
  That　skims；　or　dives；　or　sleeps；　'twixt　cape　and　cape。
  The　gulphing　whale　was　like　a　dot　in　the　spell；
  Yet　look　upon　it；　and　'twould　size　and　swell
  To　its　huge　self；　and　the　minutest　fish
  Would　pass　the　very　hardest　gazer's　wish；
  And　show　his　little　eye's　anatomy。
  Then　there　was　pictur'd　the　regality
  Of　Neptune；　and　the　sea　nymphs　round　his　state；
  In　beauteous　vassalage；　look　up　and　wait。
  Beside　this　old　man　lay　a　pearly　wand；
  And　in　his　lap　a　book；　the　which　he　conn'd
  So　stedfastly；　that　the　new　denizen
  Had　time　to　keep　him　in　amazed　ken；
  To　mark　these　shadowings；　a