Forth from my home I take an early fiight,
Down the lone -.ale punue my devious w&y,81Bound o'er the meadows with a keen delight,
'Brush from the forest let.vea the dewy spray,
And aeale the toilsome steep, to wateh the kindling day.The lark is up diiiClainful of the earth,
Exulting in his airy realm on high;
Hie l!ong, profuse in melody and mirth,
Makes vocal aU the region of the sky;
The moor-eock, stnrUed with a sudden cry,
Springe from beneath my feet ; and, as I pa111,
The aheep regard me with an earnest eye,
Ceasing to nibble at the aeanty grus,
And aeour the barren waste in one tumultuoll.l mass.But lo, the atara are waning, nnd the dawn
Blu.ehes and burn.s athwart the east ;-behold,
The early aun, behind the upland lawn,
Looks o'er the summit with a front of gold ;
Back from hia b eaming brow the mists are roll'd,
And aa he eli mba the crystal lower of morn,
.Rocks, woode~ and gl'ena their shadowy depths unfold ;
The trembling oewe grow brighter on the thorn,
Alld Nature emiles as fresh as if but newly boro.God of the boundless universe l I come
To bold communion with myself and Thee I
And though excesa of beauty makea me dumb,
.My thoujihta are eloquent with all I aee ;
My foot 1a on the mountailll!-I am free,
And buoyant as the winds that r ound me blow,
My dreams are sunny as yon pleaaant lea,
And tranquil as the pool that sleepa below;
While, circling round m.y heart, a poet'a raptures glow.
Oh, glorioua summer I what a sight is here,
To wean the heart from aelfishneaa and care l
Where the vast pt·ospect, bl'igbt, distinct, and cle4r,
Looks up in eilence through the ata.ioleaa nir:
The moorlllllda nre behind me, blenk and bare,
A rude and trackless wilderness of land;
Beneath me lie the vales, calm, rich, anrl fair,
With Alpine summits rising on each hand;
Alld atretcbing far before, tbe peopled plailll! expe.nd.
PlUliCK.