No wail of winds, my yellow-coated friend;

All beauties of the Spring to thee belong,

All bloomy charms and all the scents that lend

A drowsy gladness to the summer hours.

Again I hear swift rivulets descend

The mountain slopes, like children loosed from school;

Again I see the lily on the pool,

And hear the whispered loves of leaves and flowers.

Not only through the golden hours of day,

From early dawn till dusk, melodious sprite,