And pleasant fancies I could show,
With which my active mind was stor'd,
Had sometimes paid my bed and board;
Nay, had prolong'd my welcome stay
Throughout a grave or lively day.
"One evening by a riv'let's side
That did in gentle murmurs glide,
Where the green turf its carpet spread,
And willow boughs wav'd o'er my head,
I sat reclin'd, nor was my flute,