For the lands and for these passionate1 days and for myself,
Now I awhile retire to thee O soil of autumn fields,
Reclining on thy breast, giving myself to thee,
Answering the pulses of thy sane2 and equable heart,
Tuning3 a verse for thee.
O earth that hast no voice, confide4 to me a voice,
O harvest of my lands - O boundless5 summer growths,
O lavish6 brown parturient earth - O infinite teeming7 womb,
A song to narrate8 thee.