The speaker describes a nighttime landscape where moonlight transforms everything. Hills gleam silver, the sea blazes silver, and the moon moves across the sky like a royal chariot pouring light over the world. It is not a cold or eerie night; it feels bright, rich, and almost magical.
Then the speaker steps into the scene. Wearing what he calls “silver tissue,” he marches “magnificently by.” The moonlight seems to dress him too, and he feels proud, strong, and part of the shining world around him. The mood is dreamy and elevated—like a moment when an ordinary night becomes something royal and full of wonder.