Of my own effort; all attempts were vain.
Nor they alone were charming; by that light
All loved of thee grew lovely in my sight;
Sweet influence not its own in every place
Was found, and there was found in all things grace;
Thy shrubs and plants were seen new bloom to bear; }
Not the Arabian sweets so fragrant were, 180}
Nor Eden’s self, if aught with Eden might compare. }
You went the church-way walk, you reach’d the farm,
And gave the grass and babbling springs a charm;