The Return to Nature

(I) PROMETHEUS 1-
IT was the south : mid-everything,
–
Mid-land, mid-summer, noon ;
–
And deep within a limpid spring
–
The mirrored sun of June.

–
Splendour in freshness ! Ah, who stole
–
This sun, this fire, from heaven?
–
He holds it shining in his soul,
–
Prometheus the forgiven.

(II) THETIS2-
In her bright title poets dare
–
What the wild eye of fancy sees —
–
Similitude — the clear, the fair
–
Light mystery of images.

–
Round the blue sea I love the best
–
The argent foam played, slender, fleet ;
–
I saw — past Wordsworth and the rest —
–
Her natural, Greek, and silver feet.