As a place where the wild and free rejoice.

Nor doth the storied and ivied arch

Woo the heart with half so sweet a voice

As the bowering arms of the wild-wood larch,

Where the clematis and wild woodbine

Festoon the flowering eglantine;

Where in every flower, shrub, and tree

Is heard the hum of the honey-bee,

And the linden blossoms are softly stirred,

As the fanning wings of the humming-bird