Through dewy grass, nor small birds hushed in bowers,

Nor unto silent leaves and drowsy flowers,— 5

That voice of unpretending harmony

(For who what is shall measure by what seems

To be, or not to be,[309]

Or tax high Heaven with prodigality?)

Wants not a healing influence that can creep 10

Into the human breast, and mix with sleep

To regulate the motion of our dreams

For kindly issues—as through every clime