XXVIII + 

When, where, and in what desert land, + 

Madman, wilt thou from memory raze + 

Those feet? Alas! on what far strand + 

Do ye of spring the blossoms graze? + 

Lapped in your Eastern luxury, + 

No trace ye left in passing by + 

Upon the dreary northern snows, + 

But better loved the soft repose + 

Of splendid carpets richly wrought. + 

I once forgot for your sweet cause + 

The thirst for fame and man’s applause, + 

My country and an exile’s lot; + 

My joy in youth was fleeting e’en + 

As your light footprints on the green. + 