Classic Poem

1

'Tis beautiful sunshine and beautiful skies
That please me the best whereso[e]ver I go
In the sweet shaded forest 'tis there my heart lies
Not needing a friend—or dreading a foe
O the sweet shady forest how sweet the green seems
So full of the summer and wild-flowers dreams.

2

My heart has no malice for none of mankind
My heart feels no envy wherever I go
But I fly to green solitudes treat for my mind
And the sweet shady forest my image will show
There I'd live in its green, and in natures own plan
And where nothing hurts nature I then feel I'm a man.