Lie and quiver in the sun that through the nodding treetops streams.

I can hear the distant tumble

Of the waters, and the rumble

Of the mill-wheel, never ceasing on its constant, busy round,

And the cascade’s steady drumming

Comes like sweet and lowly humming,

As if water-sprites were chanting, with a low and dreamy sound.

If the sun have just arisen,

With its brightness to bedizen

Clustered leaves, and vines, and flowers—and the dew-drops on the lawn—