And within their snug dominions

I can see the fledging pinions

Of the callow young, grown restless in their leafy colonnades.

The fresh morning air is ringing

With a concord of sweet singing,

From a million throats all pouring out their melody of praise;

High within the sylvan arches

Of the chestnuts, holms, and larches,

Sounds the hymning of these songsters in the forest’s darkened maze.

I love to sit at morning,