On which the warbling birds their pastime take.

"Food, shelter, safety, there they find;

There berries ripen, flowerets bloom;

There insects live their lives, and die;

A peopled world it is; in size a tiny room.

"And thus through many seasons' space

This little Island may survive;

But Nature, though we mark her not,

Will take away, may cease to give.

"Perchance when you are wandering forth