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1'QJIII8 OJ' lli!LlGlOII.

JliPty &ophetl' Seer bleat I'

On whom th0fl8 trutha do reet,

Which we are tolbg all ou livea to ind,

In darkneu loat, the darkne. of the graTe ;·

Thou over whom thy lmmo.rlalit:y

B~ like the ~y. a l!Uater o'er a Sian,

A Presence which fa not to be put by;

Thou little Chilcl,yet glorious tn the migbt

Ofheaven·bom freedom on thy beillg'alieight,

Why with such earnest paiua dost thou provoke

The yean to brin~ the inevitable yoke,

Tbua blindly With tbr b}esaednesa &t atrife 1

Fullaoon thy Soul ahal br.ve her earthly freight,

And cuatom lie upon thee with a weight,

Heavy as froet, and deep almost aa life.

0 joy! thr.t in our embers

h eometbing thu doth live,

That nature yet remombon

What Wai 80 fugitive I

The thought of our put. yean i.o me doth breed

Perpetual benediction : not indeed

For tliat which ia moat worthy to be bleat;

Delight and liberty, the aimple creed

Of Childhood whether busy or at reat,

With new-tl;\ged hope atillll.uttering in. hie brei!.Bt :-

Not for theae I nYs&

The song of thanks and llrais&;

l3ut for tho110 obstinate ~uest1onings

Of aenae and outward thwga,

Falllnga from ua, va.niahinga ;

Blank misgivings of a Creature

Moving about in worlda not realized,

High inatinctl before which our morlt.l Nature

Di«l tremble like a guilty Thing aurpriaed:

But for thoae firat atJ'O'Ctioua,

Thoee abadowy rocollectiona,

Which, be they what they~.

Are yet the fountain light of all our day,

A..rl6 yet a muter light or all oo.r seeing;

Uphold us, cheriah, and have power to make

Our noisy Je&l'tl seem moment. in tbe being

Of the eternal Silenoe: truths that wake,

To periah never ;

Which ueither l.ieUeeeoe•, nor mad endea.Tour,