With courteous words and city mien,

Fitch Moreland joined the rustic scene.

Quick beat the heart of Alice Hill,

Her pulses woke a music thrill:

Her glowing cheek with crimson flushed,

And in her heart tumultuous gushed

A spring of thought, so sweet and rare,

It might have claimed the name of air,

Its unseen visions came so bright,

To shed on life a holier light.