But Hertha's not thine only goddess, O Earth!

IV.

For surely brother, and master, and lord, and king,

Though vice's roses and raptures did not spring

In thy poetic garden's trim parterre;

Though thou wert fond of sunshine and sweet air,

More than of kisses, that burn, and bite, and sting;

Some living love our England for thee bare.

V.

Thou, too, couldst sing about her sweet salt sea,