With wonder mixed—that Man could e'er be tied,

In anxious bondage, to such nice array

And formal fellowship of pretty things!

—Oh! 'tis the heart that magnifies this life,

Making a truth and beauty of her own;

And moss-grown alleys, circumscribing shades,

And gurgling rills, assist her in the work

More efficaciously than realms outspread,

As in a map, before the adventurer's gaze—

Ocean and Earth contending for regard.