What a glory is before me—

All around, beside, and o’er me—

What a glory, all of colors that no human hand hath drawn!

Or if it be at even,

When soft breezes blow from heaven,

And the glimmer of the twilight comes a-dancing through the leaves—

Oh! how thick my brain is crowded

With sweet images enshrouded—

With sweet images enshrouded in the mists my fancy weaves!

Little pools lie closely hidden