Mine ears were deaf to melody,
⁠My lips were dumb to sound:
Where didst thou wander, oh my soul,
⁠When ear and tongue were bound?

'I wander'd by the stream of time,
⁠Made dark by human tears:
I threw my voice upon the waves,
⁠And they did throw me theirs.'

And how did sound the waves, my soul?
⁠And how did sound the waves?
'Hoarse, hoarse, and wild!—they ever dash'd
⁠'Gainst ruin'd thrones and graves.'