And there its parent lifts a lofty head,

And spreads its graceful boughs; the passing wind

With twinkling motion lifts the silent leaves,

And shakes its rattling tufts.

Soon had the Prince

Behind him left the farthest dwelling-place

Of man; no fields of waving corn were here,

Nor wicker storehouse for the autumnal grain,

Vineyard, nor bowery fig, nor fruitful grove;

Only the rocky vale, the mountain stream,