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47   A show of the summer softness! a contact of some-     thing unseen! an amour of the light and air!
I am jealous, and overwhelm'd with friendliness,
And will go gallivant with the light and air myself,
And have an unseen something to be in contact with      them also.
48  O love and summer! you are in the dreams, and in      me!
Autumn and winter are in the dreams — the farmer      goes with his thrift,
The droves and crops increase, and the barns are well-     fill'd.
49  Elements merge in the night — ships make tacks in      the dreams,
The sailor sails — the exile returns home,
The fugitive returns unharm'd — the immigrant is      back beyond months and years,
The poor Irishman lives in the simple house of his      childhood, with the well-known neighbors and      faces,
They warmly welcome him — he is barefoot again, he      forgets he is well off;
The Dutchman voyages home, and the Scotchman and      Welshman voyage home, and the native of the      Mediterranean voyages home,
To every port of England, France, Spain, enter well-     fill'd ships,
The Swiss foots it to toward his hills — the Prussian goes      his way, the Hungarian his way, and the Pole      his way,
The Swede returns, and the Dane and Norwegian re-     turn.