"I knew a maid,

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Birds in the bower, and lambs in the green fields

Could they have known her, would have loved; methought

Her very presence such a sweetness breathed,

That flowers, and trees, and even the silent hills,

And everything she looked on, should have had

An intimation how she bore herself

Towards them, and to all creatures. God delights