O solemn clime to which my spirit looks,
No more will I the path to thee defer,—
Worn here with search — a too sad wanderer,—
The dance-tune spent, surpassed the sacred books,
And spurned that city's walls where I did plan
A thousand lives, unwitting I was pent;
As though my thousand lives could be content
With any vista in the bounds of man!
Eternal clime, our exile is from thee!
Flood o'er thy portals like the tender morn!—
Receive! receive! and let us new be born!
We are thy substance — spirit of thy degree —
Mist of thy bliss — fire, love, infinity!
And only by some mischance from thee torn.