I chiefly looked (what need to look beyond?)

Among the natural abodes of men,

Fields with their rural works; recalled to mind

My earliest notices; with these compared

The observations made in later youth,

And to that day continued—For, the time

Had never been when throes of mighty Nations

And the world’s tumult unto me could yield,

How far soe’er transported and possessed,

Full measure of content; but still I craved