Of majesty and beauty and repose,
A blended holiness of earth and sky.'
For his obligations to that native scenery he found continual expression.
'Ye mountains and ye lakes,
And sounding cataracts, ye mists and winds
That dwell among the hills where I was born,
If in my youth I have been pure in heart,
If, mingling with the world, I am content
With my own modest pleasures, and have lived
With God and Nature communing, removed