Wherever he breathed, wherever he stepped,

By the light of the morn were seen

Most beautiful things—there were flowers and trees,

There were bevies of birds and swarms of bees;

There were cities and temples and towers; and these

All pictured in silvery sheen!

But he did one thing that was hardly fair—

He peeped in the cupboard; and finding there

That all had forgotten for him to prepare—

“Now just to set them a-thinking,