Once on a time, old Legends say,

'Twas on a sultry Summer's day,

A Grecian God forsook the Skies,

To taste of Earth's felicities.

Clad like a rusticated elf,

(Perhaps incog. 'twas Jove himself)

He travers'd hills, and glens, and woods,

And verdant lawns, by crystal floods;

For sure, said he, if Earth has joys,