The visto best, and best conducts the stream; 130

Whose groves the fastest thicken and ascend;

Whom first the welcome spring salutes; who shews

The earliest bloom, the sweetest proudest charms,

Of Flora; who best gives Pomona’s juice

To match the sprightly genius of Champain. 135

Thrice happy days! in rural business past.

Blest winter nights! when, as the genial fire

Chears the wide hall, his cordial family

With soft domestic arts the hours beguile,