Or who could bear to lose the balmy air

Of summer’s breath, from all things fresh and fair,

With all that man admires or loves below;

All earth and water, wood and vale bestow,

Where rosy pleasures smile, whence real blessings flow;

With sight and sound of every kind that lives,

And crowning all with joy that freedom gives?

Who could from these, in some unhappy day,

Bear to be drawn by ruthless arms away,

To the vile nuisance of a noisome room,