With low and languid thought, for I had found

That grandest scenes have but imperfect charms

Where the eye vainly wanders, nor beholds

One spot with which the heart associates

Holy remembrances of child or friend,

Or gentle maid, our first and early love,

Or father, or the venerable name

Of our adored country. O thou Queen,

Thou delegated Deity of Earth,

Oh "dear, dear" England, how my longing eyes