The apple-boughs o'erburdened with their load,

That passers-by may gather from the road,

Hang now the near walls o'er:

And filberts, bursting fair,

Seduce the loiterer to reach the hand,

And pluck the offered treasures of the land,

With wood-nuts that are there.

The still hill-sides are clad

With bloom; the distant moorland now is bright

With blossom, and with beauty; the rich sight