MONTGOMERY. N the walls that guard my prison, When the little hopping elf Gaily thus amused himself. "Hear your sovereign's proclamation, All good subjects, young and old : I'm the Lord of the Creation; I-a Water-Wagtail bold! All around, and all you see, "Yonder sun, so proudly shining, Rises when I leave my nest; "Vernal gales to love invite me; Summer sheds for me her beams; Autumn's jovial scenes delight me; Winter paves with ice my streams : All the year is mine, you see; Seasons change, like moons, for ME! "On the heads of giant mountains, Groves and rivers, made for ME! "Boundless are my vast dominions; Heaven and earth, were made for ME! "Birds and insects, beasts and fishes, All their humble distance keep; Man, subservient to my wishes, Sows the harvest which I reap: Mighty man himself, you see, All that breathe, were made for ME! |