This，however，ispersonification，whereinbothCollinsandShelleybuildonSpenser:thedizzyingachievementtowhichthemodernpoetcarriedpersonificationaccountsforbutamoiety，ifalargemoiety，ofhisvivifyingpoweroverabstractions。Takethepassage（alreadyalludedto）inthatgloriouschorustellinghowtheHourscomeFromthetempleshighOfman\'searandeyeRoofedoverSculptureandPoesy，
FromthoseskieytowersWhereThought\'scrownedpowersSitwatchingyourdance，yehappyHours！
Ourfeetnow，everypalm，Aresandalledwithcalm，Andthedewofourwingsisarainofbalm;
AndbeyondoureyesThehumanloveliesWhichmakesallitgazesonParadise。
Anypartialexplanationwillbreakinourhandsbeforeitreachestherootofsuchapower。Theroot，wetakeit，isthis。Hehadaninstinctiveperception（immenseinrangeandfertility，astonishingforitsdelicateintuition）oftheunderlyinganalogiesthesecretsubterraneanpassages，betweenmatterandsoul;thechromaticscales，whereatwedimlyguess，bywhichtheAlmightymodulatesthroughallthekeysofcreation。Because，themoreweconsiderit，themorelikelydoesitappearthatNatureisbutanimperfectactress，whoseconstantchangesofdressneverchangehermannerandmethod，whoisthesameinallherparts。