The very sculpture of delight;

Their curly locks, and merry eyes,

And their full voices’ melodies,

The very vision, to recall

My soul, without too sad a fall;

The very link I needed, given,

So wild with Earth, so full of Heaven!

And as I woke, they flew away,

A pair of cherubs—imp and fay,

In mischief, merry o’er their fun,