60 POJDlll o• lf.41'Uln.
All heuen and earth are still-though 110t in afeep,
But breathleea, aa we ~row when feeli.ag moat;
.And ailent 1 u we etand m tbougbtll too cfeep :-
All heann and CIN'•b are etill : from the high h<ll!i
Of atara, to the lull'd lake and moUDtai.n-ooui,
All is ooncentred in a life inteue,
Where not a beam, nor airt nor leaf illaet.,
But hath & piU't of being, and a II!D&e
Of that which is of all Creator and defeDoe;
Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt
In solit11de, where we are letUt alone ;
A truth, which through our being then doth melt 1
And purifies fi·om self: it is a tone
The soul and source of music, which makes kno'I'I"U
Eternal harmony, and ebeda " charm,
Like to the fabled Cytherea's zone,
Binding all things with beauty ;-'t would diaarm
Tl1e spectre Death, had he substantial power to harnL.
Not vainly did the early Persian make
His a.lt.ar the high places, and the peak
Of eart.h-o'erg11.zing moWltaina, and t.hu& take
A iH and unwall'd temple, there to seek
The Spirit 1 in whose honour shrines are weak,
Uprea.r'd of buman hlwda. Come, and compare
Columna au!\. idol-dwellings, Goth or Greek,
With nature's realms of worship, earth a.nd air;
Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer!
Bnolf.tthc ~Ip11 at SJaubnuh.
TliB sunbeams streak the azure skies,
And line with li~tbt tae mountain's brow;
With houude and horns the hunters rise,
And chase the t•oebuck through the enow.
The goats wind slow their wonted way,
Up craggy steeps and ridgee.rude,
Mark'd by the wild wolf fo1· his prey,
!'1'0m d<~.aert ca '9'e or baoging wood.
And while the torrent tbUDdere loud,
And as the echoing allif.e reply,
'l'hs huts peep o'er the morning cloud,
l'erch'd like o.n eagle'a nee~ on high. BOG:sns..