A bush of May-flowers with the bees about them;

Ah, sure no tasteful nook could be without them;

And let a lush laburnum oversweep them,

And let long grass grow round the roots, to keep them

Moist, cool, and green; and shade the violets,

That they may bind the moss in leafy nets.

A filbert-edge with wild-brier overtwined,

And clumps of woodbine taking the soft wind

Upon their summer thrones; there too should be

The frequent checker of a youngling tree,