I think the hemlock likes to stand
Upon a marge of snow ;
It suits his own austerity,
And satisfies an awe

That men must slake in wilderness,
Or in the desert cloy, —
An instinct for the hoar, the bald,
Lapland's necessity.

The hemlock's nature thrives on cold ;
The gnash of northern winds
Is sweetest nutriment to him,
His best Norwegian wines.