• Here are old trees, tall oaks, and gnarlëd pines,
    That stream with gray-green mosses, here the ground
    Was never trenched by spade, and flowers spring up
    Unsown, and die ungathered. It is sweet
    To linger here, among the flitting birds
    And leaping squirrels, wandering brooks, and winds
    That shake the leaves, and scatter, as they pass,
    A...

  •   HERE are old trees, tall oaks and gnarled pines,
    That stream with gray-green mosses; here the ground
    Was never trenched by spade, and flowers spring up
    Unsown, and die ungathered. It is sweet
    To linger here, among the flitting birds,
    And leaping squirrels, wandering brooks, and winds
    That shake the leaves, and scatter, as they pass,
    A...