XI.

Before her spread the azure Grecian seas,
The city's towers and temples rise around,
And columned halls are blent with arching trees,
Where sages musing pace the sacred ground.

XII.

And there with look as silver pure and bright,
And calm, and clear, like some deep ocean bay,
Her cherished teacher walks in evening light,
With steps that mark his soul's unruffled sway.

XIII.

With him she lives, and meditates, and loves,
And learns how nature, building up the mind,
Prepares the faith which wisdom best approves,
In One the immortal friend of mortal kind;

XIV.

To whom all being tends, from whom proceeds,
Who is the only Source and Law of Good,
Benignant arbiter of earthly needs,
Felt, owned, revered, divined, not understood;

XV.

Who imaged in a thousand gods for man,
And on ten thousand living things impressed,
Himself is hid where none his light may scan,
Yet ever present warms the longing breast;