Of dipping oars; and voices deep and low,

Mingled with women’s trebles, tuneful break

The evening silence!

Grand indeed it is

To be amid these mountain solitudes;

And yet there is a sense of rest and calm,

Soothing the spirit—stealing o’er the heart

Like the soft notes of an Æolian harp,

Falling like balm upon the troubled soul,

And making the most worldly man to feel