‘ May be true what I had heard,—
Earth's a howling wilderness,
Truculent with fraud and force,’
Said I, strolling through the pastures,
And along the river-side.
Caught among the blackberry vines,
Feeding on the Ethiops sweet,
Pleasant fancies overtook me.
I said,‘ What influence me preferred,
Elect, to dreams thus beautiful?’
The vines replied,‘ And didst thou deem
No wisdom from our berries went?’