...his way attended; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. VI And no unworthy aim, The homely Nurse doth all she...hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. VII Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years' Darling of a pigmy size! See, where 'mid...

...within the generic human soul. Linked to this mythic sense of a homeland is the experience of exile. »Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own: Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And e'en with something of a mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely nurse doth all she can To make...

...on his way attended; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own; Yearnings...hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years' Darling of a pigmy size! See, where 'mid...

...his way attended; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. VI Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own; Yearnings...hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. VII Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years' Darling of a pigmy size! See, where 'mid...

...role of poet-priest. But nature and society soon begin camouflaging the inherent glory of the child : Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own; Yearnings...Foster-child, her inmate Man, Forget the glories he had known, And that imperial palace whence he came. (Stanza 6) The process of forgetting, however sad...