In the same peace around me, and the sky

Holds up her stars; now in the rain-drenched wood

The tree-toad drinks the rain and finds it good,

And trills for joy—the sliding waters grieve

Quietly—now the bat begins to weave

With intricate motion on the cloudy loom,

Of glamourous starlight mingled and gray gloom,

His dipping flight among the darkened boughs

And dreamy vistas; and the little mouse

Furtively hurries through the lane, his eye