And nigh it, murmuring through moss,

Rippled a little rill.

The hill was high and wore a crown

Of leafiness, whence, gazing down,

An eagle might behold the towers

And turrets of a town.

And many a pleasant country cot,

Snowy, and peering through the green,

With, now and then, a rivulet,

Meandering, might be seen.