Spread out in bars, at equal distance met,

As though the whole bright autumn scene were set

To the unuttered melody of Rest!"

"The mill-wheel motionless o'ershades the pool,

In whose frail crystal cups its circle dips;

The stream, slow-curling, wanders in the sun,

And drains his kisses with its silver lips;

The birch canoe upon its shadow lies,

The pike's last bubble on the water dies,

The water lily sleeps upon her glass."