Wrapped in a soft couch of forgiveness
The apple of Earth shines on sky blue water
Illuminating butterfly wings of hope
In a timeless hug beneath trees of gold...
Written in April 1798, during the alarm of an invasion
A green and silent spot, amid the hills,
A small and silent dell! O'er stiller place
No singing skylark ever poised himself.
The hills are heathy, save that swelling slope,
Which hath a gay and gorgeous covering on,
All golden with the never-bloomless furze,
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