...Or forest, by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and watery depths ; all these have vanished ; They live no longer in the faith of reason ; But still...still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names ; Spirits or gods that used to share this earth With man as with their friend; and at this day 'Tis...

...by slow stream or pebbly spring, Or chasms, or watery depths ; all these have vanished : They live longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart...still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names. But, were there a necessity of local and special influences, the dim vistas which have been opened...

...Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanished, They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still...share this earth "With man as with their friend."* To breathe the breath of life into the nostrils of these defunct deities, to restore the beautiful...

...Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanish'd, They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still...the old names. And to yon starry world they now are goue, Spirits or Gods that used to share this earth With man as with their friend."* To breathe the...

...Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanish'd, They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart doth need a language, still Both the old instinct bring back the old names. And to yon starry world they now are goue, Spirits...

...by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms, or watery depths : all these have vanished. They liveno longer 'in the faith of reason. But still the heart doth need a language ;" and what shall that language be ? The poet goes on to imply that the heart retains what the reason...

...mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have -anish'd They live no longer in the faith of reason ; But still...this earth With man as with their friend ; and to the 1 ". .-i Yonder they move ; from yonder visible sky Shoot influence down : and even at this day ' T...

...its being troublesome to work. To be sure Science is a terrible destroyer of these fine phantasies. But, " Still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names.' " There shall be no more magic nor cabala, Nor Rosicrucian, nor Alchemic lore, Nor fairy fantasies...

...thousands of years, the "fair humanities of old religion" still live in their associations : — " For still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names." Poetry is said to be false, because its facts are not true. But what facts can be truer than those...

...forest, by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wnt'ry depths — all these have vanisli'J They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart cloth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names. And to yon starry world...