III + 

High on a mountain’s highest ridge, + 

Where oft the stormy winter gale + 

Cuts like a scythe, while through the clouds + 

It sweeps from vale to vale; + 

Not five yards from the mountain path, + 

This Thorn you on your left espy; + 

And to the left, three yards beyond, + 

You see a little muddy Pond + 

Of water never dry; + 

I’ve measured it from side to side: + 

’Tis three feet long, and two feet wide. + 