A Pleasing Illusion + 

I saw a pleasing sight this spring, + 

Seem’d like a hundred ducks on wing; + 

Fluttering o’er the crystal water, + 

I felt like rippling o’er with laughter. + 

When the truth it did awaken, + 

In silver ducks I was mistaken; + 

It was the sunbeam’s merry dancing, + 

That on the water I saw glancing. + 

Rejoicing that from bonds of ice + 

They were free these pearls of price; + 

Though banks were bound with fringe of snow, + 

Which gave more lustre to the glow. + 

So ’tis no wonder that we sing + 

About the glories of the spring; + 

Each day fresh beauties will be seen, + 

When fields are cover’d o’er with green. + 

Adieu to Winter brings no grief, + 

For we do long for bud and leaf; + 

Which are brought out by sunny showers, + 

And covers landscape with the flowers. + 

The sun is glorious orb of day, + 

Refulgent is each sparkling ray; + 

The moon she is the Queen of Night, + 

Enthroned among the stars so bright. + 