Chapter 2

37. Behold! the Abyss of the Great Deep. Therein is a mighty dolphin, lashing his sides with the force of the waves.
    38. There is also an harper of gold, playing infinite tunes.
    39. Then the dolphin delighted therein, and put off his body, and became a bird.
    40. The harper also laid aside his harp, and played infinite tunes upon the Pan-pipe.
    41. Then the bird desired exceedingly this bliss, and laying down its wings became a faun of the forest.
    42. The harper also laid down his Pan-pipe, and with the human voice sang his infinite tunes.
    43. Then the faun was enraptured, and followed far; at last the harper was silent, and the faun became Pan in the midst of the primal forest of Eternity.
    44. Thou canst not charm the dolphin with silence, O my prophet!

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