XXIII.

Nor was it heard in vain. There all things press High thoughts on man. The fearless hunter pass’d, And, from the bosom of the wilderness, There leapt a spirit and a power to cast The weight of bondage down--and bright and fast, As the clear waters, joyously and free, Burst from the desert rock, it rush’d at last, Through the far valleys; till the patriot three Thus with their brethren stood, beside the Forest-Sea.[235]