Or murmuring in the corn-fields, and, when tired

With roving, we lie down on beds where springs

The simple wild flower, and some shreds of bark,

Plucked from the white, white birch, defends our heads,

And hides us from the blue ethereal skies,

Where, in his sovereign majesty, this Spirit rules;

Now, casting lightning from his glowing eyes—

Now, uttering thunder with his mighty voice.

"To you, engendered in another clime

Of which our fathers knew not, he hath given