And roam along, the world's tired denizen,

With none who bless us, none whom we can bless ...

This is to be alone--this, this is solitude.

His preference for wild scenery shews here:

Dear Nature is the kindest mother still,

Though always changing, in her aspect mild;

From her bare bosom let me take my fill,

Her never-wean'd, though not her favour'd child.

O she is fairest in her features wild,

Where nothing polish'd dares pollute her path;