On earth, air, ocean, or the starry sky,
Converse with Nature in pure sympathy;[274]
All vain desires, all lawless wishes quelled,
Be Thou to love and praise alike impelled, 20
Whatever boon is granted or withheld.[275][276]
[272] Compare the lines To a Child, written in her Album, in 1834.—Ed.
[273] 1844.
Its sole companion on this
C.
[274] 1845.