"Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee,

The shooting stars attend thee,

And the elves also

Whose little eyes glow

Like sparks of fire, befriend thee!"

is precisely of that character. His "Daffodils" express the beautiful but melancholy sentiment which he so frequently found in nature:—

"Fair daffodils, we weep to see

You haste away so soon;

As yet the early rising sun

Has not attained his noon.