To its loved Scenes, to [feel] for thee and thine.” 510


Thus they communed, and holy thoughts and Prayers

Of Souls devoted to their God were theirs.

Yet would they sometimes Earthly Comfort seek,

And of Enjoyments, nay Amusements, speak.

The deep green Lane, the golden-sanded Lake

That would a thousand soft Emotions wake;

The bare old Oaks who with their dismal tone

Seemed at the Music of the Grove to groan—