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of the Wise! and Teacher of the Good! Into my heart have I received that Lay More than historic, that prophetic Lay Wherein (high theme by thee first sung aright) Of the foundations and the building up Of the Human Spirit, thou hast dared to tell What may be told, to th' understanding mind Revealable; and what within the mind By vital Breathings, like the secret soul Of vernal growth, oft quickens in the Heart Thoughts all too deep for words!—

Theme hard as high! Of smiles spontaneous, and mysterious fears (The first-born they of Reason and twin-birth)