Excerpt from Orion, and Other Poems White as fleeces blown across the hollow heaven Fold on fold thy garment wraps thy shining limbs; Deep thy gaze as morning's flamed thro' vapors riven, Bright thine hair as day's that up the ether swims. Surely I have seen the majesty and wonder, Beauty, might, and Splendor of the soul of song; Surely I have felt the spell that lifts asunder Soul from body, when lips faint and thought is strong; Surely I have heard The ample silence stirred By intensest music from no throat of bird Smitten down before thy feet From the paths of heaven sweet, Lowly I await the song upon my lips conferred. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.