Tossing their foam on high, till leaf and flower

Glitter like emeralds in the sparkling shower.

Lovely—but lovelier from the charms that glow

Where Latium spreads her purple vales below;

The olive, smiling on the sunny hill,

The golden orchard, and the ductile rill,

The spring clear-bubbling in its rocky fount,

The mossgrown cave, the Naiad's fabled haunt,

And, far as eye can strain, yon shadowy dome,

The glory of the earth, Eternal Rome.