Through valleys green, by ranges brown

Of hills that bear no name,

The dawn's full blush in crimson flakes

Is traced on palest blue, as breaks

The morn in Orient flame.

I see—whence comes that eager gaze?

Why rein the steed, in wild amaze?

The water's hue is gold!

Golden its wavelets foam and glide,

Through tenderest green to ocean-tide