Iii

For while the waves danced onward o’er the deep, As at the first day bright and bluely clear, And morning mounting up the saffron steep In opaline pure splendour did appear Pavilioning with flame the ocean-sphere, A mist shot upward from the shining main, A deep blush brightened through it, like a tear That trembles on a rosebud after rain And glows with heightened hue on what it cannot stain.