I think I was enchanted

I think I was enchanted
When first a little Girl[^a1]sombre Girl --
I read that Foreign Lady --
The Dark -- felt beautiful --

[^a1: little Girl | little Girl]

And whether it was noon at night --
Or only Heaven -- at Noon --
For very Lunacy of Light
I had not power to tell --

The Bees -- became as Butterflies --
The Butterflies -- as Swans --
Approached -- and spurned the narrow Grass --
And just the meanest Tunes

That Nature murmured to herself
To keep herself in Cheer --
I took for Giants -- practising
Titanic Opera --

The Days -- to Mighty Metres stept --
The Homeliest -- adorned
As if unto a Sacrament[^a2]Jubilee
'Twere suddenly confirmed --

[^a2: Sacrament | Sacrament]

I could not have defined the change --
Inversion of the Mind
Like Sanctifying in the Soul --
Is witnessed -- not explained --

'Twas a Divine Insanity --
The Sorrow[^a3]Danger to be Sane
Should I again experience --
'Tis Antidote to turn --

[^a3: Sorrow | Sorrow]

To Tomes of solid Witchcraft --
Magicians be asleep --
But Magic -- hath an Element
Like Deity -- to keep --