To what may youth's first joyance be compared ?
To daylight, and the glad song of the lark
Bursting together, — to a sudden gush
Of perfume, till the giddy senses link
With overmuch delight,— a dream,— a tale
Of Paradise, told in fair poesy.
(13th December 1823) Poetic Sketches. Fourth Series. Sketch V.— The Island. - The London Literary Gazette