XLIII + 

But pause! Thou calm retreats, farewell, + 

Where my days in the wilderness + 

Of languor and of love did tell + 

And contemplative dreaminess; + 

And thou, youth’s early inspiration, + 

Invigorate imagination + 

And spur my spirit’s torpid mood! + 

Fly frequent to my solitude, + 

Let not the poet’s spirit freeze, + 

Grow harsh and cruel, dead and dry, + 

Eventually petrify + 

In the world’s mortal revelries, + 

Amid the soulless sons of pride + 

And glittering simpletons beside; + 