And thyme, that sighs its odours free.

The lark, the blackbird, and the thrush,

Hymn’d happiness from every bush:

The Eden to their lot assign’d

Fill’d with content the feather’d kind;

Example worthy him, I ween,

Who reign’d sole monarch of the scene—

The Miller.——“What!” you will enquire,

“Possess’d he not his soul’s desire?

Ah! could his wishes soar above