Or robs the otter of his glossy coat,
Where the Oregon sings her endless hymn
To the Pacific’s waters; or gathers
Birds’ nests ’mid the endless summer isles,
Where waves the cocoa-nut and lofty palm
O’er crystal billows, ’mid whose coral groves
The fish of brightest tints in beauty swim—
In health or sickness, joy or sorrow, turns
Inquiringly to thee, and speaks of love—
Love that endures when strength and reason fails.