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16 :::Spirit! the Fairy said,
 * And pointed to the gorgeous dome,
 * This is a wondrous sight
 * And mocks all human grandeur;

But, were it virtue's only meed, to dwell In a celestial palace, all resigned To pleasurable impulses, immured Within the prison of itself, the will Of changeless nature would be unfulfilled. Learn to make others happy. Spirit, come! This is thine high reward:—the past shall rise; Thou shalt behold the present; I will teach
 * The secrets of the future.


 * The Fairy and the Spirit

Approached the overhanging battlement.—
 * Below lay stretched the universe!
 * There, far as the remotest line
 * That bounds imagination's flight,
 * Countless and unending orbs
 * In mazy motion intermingled,
 * Yet still fulfilled immutably
 * Eternal nature's law.
 * Above, below, around
 * The circling systems formed
 * A wilderness of harmony;
 * Each with undeviating aim,

In eloquent silence, through the depths of space
 * Pursued its wondrous way.