And waving kiss’d the gentle breeze,

And though it gave, appear’d still fair,

Still yielded nectar to the bees.

But blooming with uncommon pride,

And blushing with the rain-bow’s hue,

Upon the foliage by its side,

That glitter’d with the morning dew.

A fair that watch’d her fleecy flock

Beside the bending poplar shade,

And resting on a mossy rock,