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 Where sin rules rampant over all; To roam where greenwoods thickest grow, Where meadows spread and rivers flow, Where mountains loom in mist, or lie Clad in a sunshine livery; Wander through dingle and through dell, Which the sweet primrose loveth well; And where, in every ivied cranny Of mouldering crag, unseen by any, Clouds of busy birds are dinning Anthems that welcome day's beginning: Or, like lusty shepherd groom, Wade through seas of yellow broom; And, with foot elastic tread On the shrinking floweret's bead, As it droops with dew-drops laden, Like some tear-surcharged maiden: Skip it, trip it deftly, till Every flower-cup liquor spill, And green earth grows bacchanal, Freed from night's o'ershadowing pall; Or let us climb the steep, and know How the mountain breezes blow.

Hither, brave Fancy! Speed we on, Like Judah's bard to Lebanon!