Kubla Khan -Part II

   

So twice five miles of fertile ground
 

with walls and towers were girdled round
  

And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
 

Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
    

And here were forest ancient as the hills,
  

enfolding sunny spots of greenery

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798

The Waltz

   
 

Are  we  happy  because  we  are  good,

or  are  we  good  because  we  are  happy?

Victor  Hugo,  Les  Miserables