Fall sunshine-harvests spread in golden sheaves.

"There toy the birds in sweet seclusion blest,

To leap the branches or to build the nest,

While from their throats the grateful song outpoured

Wakes woodland orchestras to praise the Lord.

"There walks the wolf, no longer driven wild

By panting hounds and huntsman blood-defiled;

But tamed to kindness, seeketh peacefully

The soothing shelter of a hollow tree.

"Who would be free, and tow'r above his race,