"At morn or eve, in your retired domain,

Perchance you not unfrequently have marked

A Visitor—in quest of herbs and flowers;[517]

Too delicate employ, as would appear,

For one, who, though of drooping mien, had yet

From nature's kindliness received a frame

Robust as ever rural labour bred."

The Solitary answered: "Such a Form

Full well I recollect. We often crossed

Each other's path; but, as the Intruder seemed