XLVII.

High branched the pines, and far the colonnade

Of tapering trunks stood glimmering through the glen;

And then rejoiced he in that lonely glade

So far away from persecuting men,

That he might break of honesty the bread,

And blessing crave in his own way again;—

Of up-piled brush a seat and board he made,

Spread his plain fare, and piously he prayed.

XLVIII.