Their rich variety of vale and hill— 155

Thy smile is brightest—purest—loveliest still!

Away—thy banks I may not linger near;

Sweet stream! whose murmurs yet are on my ear;—

The scene around me, rich in autumn’s glow,

Untrack’d by path, unbroken by the plough, 160

Where all unseen the pensive foot may roam,

Is best befitting a recluse’s home.

It is a place of trees; their sweeping boughs

Clash in the autumn’s gusts, their crowned brows