A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

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With voicee through the eloutl that sung,
And brooding etorma that round ua bung.
~lady, judge, iCjudge ye may,
J:iow stern and ample,... the away
Of themea like these wben darkDe. feU,
And grey-hai.r'd aires the tale would tell I
When doors were ban'd, and elder dame
Plied at Ler taak betide the dame,
That through the smoke and gloom alone
On dim and umber'd facet shone-
The bleat of mountain goat on high 1
That from the cliff came quavering by;
The echoing rock, the ruahiDg flood,
The cat&nt.et'a awell, the mO&Ding wood ;
The undefined and mingled ham-
Voi~ oft.he d-rt never dumb I
All tb-have Ief\ within tbia lleart
A feeling tongue can ne'er impart;
A wilder'd and unearthly &.me,
A.. aomething that's without a name.
Hooo.

'l:"'n mmic of an infant's feet
Upon the floor, ia pueing aweet
For Father'• heart and Mother's ear,
A..a Angel chanting iu hie Sphere.

How eof\ the featber'd warblers aing
What time the primrose decks the Spring ;
"'lU trne their lays breathe small of art,
Yet they are freab from Nature's Heart.

The ekylark ainga-" Bejoice I rejoice I "
The r obin pi pea with cheerful voice ;
And the small wren joins in the tune,
While amilee in Heaven the young May-moon.

Theae vernal wal'blers all appear
A..a h&rbingen of Summn near ; •
Their notes, that faU like April abowen,
Are Angel-music to the flowera.
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