THE
DREAM OF PYTHAGORAS,
AND
OTHER POEMS.
THE DREAM OF PYTHAGORAS.
"The soul was not then imprisoned in a gross mortal body, as it is now; it was united to a luminous, heavenly, ethereal body, which served it as a vehicle to fly through the air, rise to the stars, and wander over all the regions of immensity."
Pythagoras. Travels of Cyrus, Book vi. p. 178.
Pythagoras, amidst Crotona's groves,
One summer eve, sat; whilst the sacred few
And favour'd at his feet reclin'd, entranc'd,
List'ning to his great teachings. O'er their heads
