Or ear receive the jocund pleasure,
Myriads of beings thronging, flock,
Of Nature’s song to join the measure;
Till, to keep time, the village clock
Sounds sweet the lab’rer’s welcome home!
The hearth swept clean, his partner smiling;
Upon the dining-table smokes
The frugal meal—which, time beguiling,
The ale the harmless jest provokes.