Of filix or fern.
How it interests e’en a beginner
(Or tyro) like dear little Ned!
Is he listening? As I am a sinner,
He’s asleep—he is wagging his head.
Wake up! I’ll go home to my dinner,
And you to your bed.
The boundless, ineffable prairie;
The splendour of mountain and lake,
With their hues that seem ever to vary;