With converse frank and gay,
Or tempt me with thy dogs to course
The moorlands far away.
"But still the fit returns"—he paused,
Then with a sigh resumed,
"Remember'st thou how once beneath,
Yon chestnut, when it bloom'd,
Thou ask'd'st me why I wore the air
Of spirit disentomb'd;
"And why, apart from man, I chose