Of my own Fairfield.[66] The glad greeting given, 30

Given with a voice and by a look returned

Of old companionship, Time counts not minutes

Ere, from accustomed paths, familiar fields,

The local Genius hurries me aloft,

Transported over that cloud-wooing hill, 35

Seat Sandal, a fond suitor of the clouds,[67]

With dream-like smoothness, to Helvellyn’s top,[68]

There to alight upon crisp moss and range,

Obtaining ampler boon, at every step,