For he had roved a pilgrim there,

And gazed on many a spot so fair

It seem’d like some enchanted grove,

Where only peace, and joy, and love,

Those exiles of the world, might rove,

And breathe its heavenly air;

And, all unmix’d with ruder tone,

Their “wood-notes wild” be heard alone!

Far from the frown of stern control,

That vainly would subdue the soul,