All these, condensed in one pernicious gas

By Noon’s hot efflux and the reeking Night,

Thy filtering breezes make as fresh and sweet

As infant slumbers; pure as the virgin’s breath

Whispering her first love in the eager ear

Of her heart’s chosen.

On this climbing hill,

While, lost in ecstacy, I stand and gaze

On the fresh beauties of a world disrobed,

How does thy searching breath, oh, infant Day!