Were Sunday. And some melancholy Bard

Might, idly musing, thus discourse to it:—

"Daughter of Summer, who dost linger here.

Decking the thistly turf, and arid hill,

Unseen—let the majestic Dahlia

Glitter, an Empress, in her blazonry

Of beauty; let the stately Lily shine,

As snow-white as the breast of the proud Swan,

Sailing upon the blue lake silently,

That lifts her tall neck higher, as she views