An evening calm and cool,

And four-and-twenty happy boys

Came bounding out of school;[1093]

There were some that ran, and some that leapt

Like troutlets in the pool.

Away[1094] they sped, with gamesome minds,

And souls untouched by sin;

To a level mead they came, and there

They drave the wickets in:

Pleasantly shone[1095] the setting sun