She felt it keenly in the morning-air,

Keenly she felt it at the evening prayer.

More pleasant summer; but then walks were made,

Not a sweet ramble, but a slow parade;

They moved by pairs beside the hawthorn-hedge,

Only to set their feelings on an edge;

And now at eve, when all their spirits rise,

Are sent to rest, and all their pleasure dies;

Where yet they all the town-alert can see,

And distant plough-boys pacing o’er the lea.