The hills are heathy, save that swelling slope,

Which hath a gay and gorgeous covering on,

All golden with the never bloomless furz

Which now blooms most profusely; but the dell

Bathed by the mist is fresh and delicate

As vernal cornfields, or the unripe flax,

When through its half-transparent stalks at eve

The level sunshine glimmers with green light.

Oh! 'tis a quiet, spirit-healing nook!

Which all, methinks, would love: but chiefly he,