'Mid dewy shrubs I tore my way,

Up the wild crag where waters ran.

I listened to the babbling tide,

And thought of childhood's merry morn,—

I listened to the bird that tried

Prelusive airs, amid the thorn.

And then I went upon my way;

Yet ere the sunrise kissed my cheek,

I stood upon the forehead gray

Of some lone mountain's dizzy peak.