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Rh And wildly through uncurling ferns

Fast water turns down valleys singing,

Filling with scented winds the dales,

Setting the bells of sleep a-ringing.

And when the thin moon lowly sinks,

Through cloudy chinks a silver glory

Lingers upon the left of night

Till dawn delights the meadows hoary.

And by the lakes the skies are white,

(Oh, the delight!) when swans are coming,

Among the flowers sweet joy-bells peal,

And quick bees wheel in drowsy humming.

The squirrel leaves her dusty house

And in the boughs makes fearless gambol,

And, falling down in fire-drops, red,

The fruit is shed from every bramble.