And there the alder was, with its bright green,

And the broad chestnut, and the poplar’s shoot

That, like a feather, waves from head to foot;

With ever and anon majestic pines;

And still, from tree to tree, the early vines

Hung, garlanding the way in amber lines.

And then perhaps you entered upon shades,

Pillowed with dells and uplands ’twixt the glades

Through which the distant palace, now and then,