Of fragrant pines, in solemn depths of shade

Finds rest, or 'mid the holly's shining leaves;

A simple bush, the piping Thrush contents,

Though in the woodland concert he aloft

Trills from his spotted throat a powerful strain,

And scorns the humble choir. The Lark too asks

A lowly dwelling hid beneath the turf,

A hollow trodden by the sinking hoof:

Songster of heaven! who to the sun such lays

Pours forth as earth ne'er owns. Within the hedge