CONTENTS OF PART I. - Invocation-Scenery near Cocytus Acheron and the Acherusian Lake-Ali GREECE. PART I. POETIC Spirit! who on Delphi's rocks, In silent caverns, nature's solemn fanes, Delight'st to dwell; and, with a parent's care, B. 5 10 And the wild winds have rudely swept the strings Erst touch'd by thee, yet O again once more Recal its sacred melodies, and strike Its dying echoes into harmony. And thou, poetic Spirit, guard my steps Whilst by each hallow'd stream, and peaceful grot, Its time-stain'd columns to the purple sky, In the deep tide of triumph and of joy Broken, and full of grief, in accents sad, Ye then endow'd with Nature's fairest gifts, Of bold heroic deeds, and firm resolve And dauntless enterprise; whose kindling eyes But glow with transport at the deathless hymn In ev'ry mould'ring stone, and moss-grown shaft, 35 40 45 50 55 |