text:  Thus as an eagle from the altitude Of the mid-sky its pride of place attain'd Glances around the illimitable void And sees no goal and finds no resting-place In the blue boundless depths--then silently Pauses on wing and with gyrations down And down descends thorough the blinding clouds In billowy masses many-hued around Floating until their confines past green earth Once more appears and on its loftiest crag The nest wherein 'tis bliss to rest his plumes Flight-wearied--so from farthest dreamland's shores Where clouds and chaos form the continents And reason reigns not Fancy back return'd To sights and sounds familiar--to the birds Singing above--and the bright vale beneath With cottages and trees--and the blue sky-- And the glad waters murmuring to the sun