Soon as the morning wreath had bound her hair;

While yet the wild deer trod in spangling dew,

While boatmen carolled to the fresh-blown air,

And woods a horizontal shadow threw,

And early fox appeared in momentary view.

IX.

Apart there was a deep untrodden grot,

Where oft the reading hours sweet Gertrude wore.

Tradition had not named its lonely spot;

But here (methinks) might India’s sons explore