Is bliss! the tender look! the touch! the kiss!

And, often mid this sylvan scene was heard,

(Where no vile Envy gave its serpent hiss,)

The voice of love, the only, joyous, word

Which blended with the notes of wind, and rill, and bird.

Sweet pair! with all that's best of life, possest,

Wealth, love, refinement, learning, genius, birth;

Bright, blooming offspring, virtuous, good and blest

Charming their hearts, with that young, pangless mirth;

And, when at evening mild, they saunter'd forth,