XXXV + 

But what results? His eyes peruse + 

But thoughts meander far away⁠— + 

Ideas, desires and woes confuse + 

His intellect in close array. + 

His eyes, the printed lines betwixt, + 

On lines invisible are fixt; + 

’Twas these he read and these alone + 

His spirit was intent upon. + 

They were the wonderful traditions + 

Of kindly, dim antiquity, + 

Dreams with no continuity, + 

Prophecies, threats and apparitions, + 

The lively trash of stories long + 

Or letters of a maiden young. + 