Raise high their notes, and the glad strains prolong;
Their soft descant they teach the neighbouring grove,
And each close shade bears witness to their love.
Nor these alone; through wide Creation’s space,
From the low insect to the human race,
All hail thy influence, bless thy genial power,
Thou best enlivener of each chearful hour!
While aromatic plants perfume the air,
And flowers and shrubs are deck’d supremely fair.
As o’er their heads the balmy zephyrs play,