Save the sad causes whence the ills had grown;

But, if obscure the cause, they all agreed

From rest and kindness must the cure proceed:

And he was cured; for quiet, love, and care,

Strove with the gloom, and broke on the despair;

Yet slow their progress, and as vapours move

Dense and reluctant from the wintry grove;

All is confusion, till the morning light

Gives the dim scene obscurely to the sight;

More and yet more defined the trunks appear,