Descend to quaff refreshment from their flow;

For thick, entangling weeds,

In the loose soil seem matted to ensnare

The foot of him who ventureth below.

In the rich bottom of the dale, a grove

Of sylvan giants woos the roving eye;

The topmost limbs wave not their leaves above

The shrubby brow of the declivity.

Sometimes in musing indolence I stand,

And drink in rapture from the peaceful scene,