UNDER THE APPLE BOUGHS. il 



Heracles brought back the fruit of Juno ; I asked 

 no aid of Milton s imagination to see the mighty 

 hero in 



. . . the gardens fair 



Of Hesperus and his daughters three, 



That sing about the golden tree ; 



and as I gazed, the vision of that other and nobler 

 hero came before me, whose purity is more to us 

 than his prowess, and who waits in Avilion, the 

 &quot; Isle of Apples,&quot; for the call that shall summon 

 him back from Paradise. 



I am going a long way 

 With these thou seest if indeed I go 

 (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt) 

 To the island-valley of Avilion ; 

 Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow, 

 Nor even wind blows loudly ; but it lies 

 Deep-meadow d, happy, fair with orchard lawns 

 And bowery hollows crown d with summer sea, 

 Where I will heal me of my grievous wound. 



