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 Floated to strains of thrilling melody Through the vast columns and the pearly shrines.

The Dæmon and the Spirit Approached the overhanging battlement. Below lay stretched the boundless universe! There, far as the remotest line That limits swift imagination's flight, Unending orbs mingled in mazy motion, Immutably fulfilling 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.—

Awhile the Spirit paused in ecstasy. Yet soon she saw, as the vast spheres swept by,