I said, O wondrous child!

I thought a troop of angels stood

Amid that lofty fane,

And (I in that ecstatic mood)

They sped to bliss again.

That, whole bright day, I wandered wide,

O'er sunny hill and vale,

And thought no day of brighter pride

E'er lay on Elfindale;

I thought, that day dear Frankie love,