Which spread its foliage o’er the gable end,

And frown’d, or would, on whom who dared t’offend

That little sacred dwelling-place of Jane.

And, furtherward, he turn’d and saw the lane

Which led from thence and thither to the cot;

In front of which a small triangle spot,

(Where April “golden-cups,”[175] and daisies vie

To lure the trav’ler, or the tourist’s eye,)

Was fenc’d with stones, crust from Earth’s surface wrung;

The fence was broad, and taper’d to make strong: