Where brooding darkness spreads his jealous wings And the night-raven sings; There under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, thou Goddess fair and free, The frolic wind that breathes the spring, As he met her once a-Maying, There on beds of violets blue And fresh-blown roses washed in dew, Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee Mirth, admit me of thy crew, 45 50 55 From his watch-tower in the skies, While the cock, with lively din, Oft listening how the hounds and horn From the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill : Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landskip round it measures: Russet lawns and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; The laboring clouds do often rest; Bosomed high in tufted trees, |