When Summer o'er her native hills

            A veil of beauty spread,

        She sat and watched her gentle fold,

            And twined her flaxen thread.

 

        The mountain daisies kissed her feet,...

Attraction is a curious power,

    That none can understand:

Its influence is every where—

    In water, air and land;

It keeps the earth compact and tight,

    As though strong bolts were through it;

And...