Contentment

[Erthona]

Beginning each line with a cap is an affectation that has fallen by the wayside with modern printing techniques. It is of course still used in academic textbooks because that was how it originally appeared. It serves no purpose today. However, to someone in school studying such poetry it may appear it is still in vogue. It is not. I used to do the same thing as no one tells you that it is no longer used. Another reason not to use it is it makes the reading more difficult as each line appears to start a new sentence.
In school I read a lot of the English Romantics which of course had the lines capped and so I thought that was the way it should be. I eventually realized it was not and so I dropped it. Of course it wasn't easy as I was accustomed to that style. After fighting that and other conventions I had picked up in school I eventually moved into the current age

Just thought I'd point that out.
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On the "conceal issue. It is either "skies conceal" or "sky conceals". That might help clear up some the problematic nature of the line.

Although I am a proponent of brevity, sometimes cutting too much can obscure, such as in the line:

"I, no longer bound to ground,
Nor vile bog, or dank mire"

alternative:

"I am no longer bound to the ground
vile bog or dank mire. "

The "no longer" continues to apply to the entire sentence, so the "nor" is redundant.

As this is basic I probably have gone on too long, so I shall stop.

best,

dale