Caroling fly in the languid blue;

The while, from many a hid recess,

Alert to partake the blessedness,

The pouring mites their airy dance pursue.

So, after ocean’s ghastly gales,

When laughing light of hoyden morning breaks,

Every finny hider wakes—

From vaults profound swims up with glittering scales;

Through the delightsome sea he sails,

With shoals of shining tiny things