Float in with each soft current of the air;—

And we will hear their summons; we will give

One day to flowers, and sunshine, and glad thoughts,

And thou shalt revel midst free nature’s wealth,

And for thy mother twine wild wreaths; while she,

From thy delight, wins to her own fond heart

The vernal ecstasy of childhood back.

Come to the woods, my boy!

What! wouldst thou lead already to the path

Along the copsewood brook? Come, then! in truth