But here’s a forest old and stern,

(Say, do you know the Wye?)

Where sunlight dapples green miles of fern,

A river wandering by.

Here’s peaceful meadow-land and kine,

(Do you see a fair grey tower?)

Where sweet together close entwine

Grass, clover, and daisy flower.

Here stretches the land toward the sea

(Behold the castle bold!)