And a far milder air.

No calm below is like that calm above.

No region here is like that realm of love;

Earth's softest spring ne'er shed so soft a light,

Earth's brightest summer never shone so bright.

That sky is not like this sad sky of ours,

Tinged with earth's change and care;

No shadow dims it, and no rain-cloud lowers,—

No broken sunshine there!

One everlasting stretch of azure pours