I drop my dazzled eyes to view

The soft field-grass and meadow-rue,

The restful, brown earth, that I love.

A trick of blinding sun, maybe,

That halo on the hills may prove—

And yet, they are so dear to me,

The golden glory that they wear

Is like none other anywhere,

And, in my heart, I hold it true.

Though, surely, what least loving eye