I heard it wandering thro' the silver air,

As if some sylph had witch'd the stringed shell

Of woods and lonely fountains:—and the birds

That sang in the blue glow of heaven, the trees

That whisper'd like a timid maiden's lips,

The bees that kiss'd their bride-flow'rs into sleep,

All breath'd the spell of that enchanting lay!

Whence came it now? perchance from yonder dell,

O'er which the skies, in sunny beauty fix'd,

Their sapphire mantle hang. Its Eden home