most delicate ariel! submissive thing,
won by the mind’s high magic to its hest —
invisible embassy, or secret guest —
weighing the light air on a lighter wing; —
whether into the midnight moon, to bring
illuminate visions to the eye of rest —
or rich romances from the florid west —
or to the sea, for mystic whispering —
still by thy charm’d allegiance to the will,
the fruitful wishes prosper in the brain,
as by the fingering of fairy skill —
moonlight, and waters, and soft music’s strain,
odors, and blooms, and my miranda’s smile,
making this dull world an enchanted isle.
