Hues of the rich unfolding morn,

That, ere the glorious sun be born,

By some soft touch invisible,

Around his path are taught to swell;—

Thou rustling breeze, so fresh and gay,

That dancest forth at opening day,

And brushing by with joyous wing,

Wakenest each little leaf to sing;—

Ye fragrant clouds of dewy steam,

By which deep grove and tangled stream