Poor human faith a-blight and chill must die.

O birdlings, blossoms, leaflets, flow'rs,

Give forth chaste spirits to enchant the air;

Let silver'd mem'ries glad the lonely hours,

And crown my picture fair.


The night comes on apace;

The cricket's chirp, the woodland murmur's swell,

Bid nature's changeling melodies efface

The glamour of yon phantom spell.