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POEMS.
And from the trees perpetual ran
The message of God's love to man
The message of God's love to man
The limpid waters of the pool,
Whereon the floating lily cool
Whereon the floating lily cool
Lay 'twixt green leaves half hid from view,
Looked shyly up into the blue
Looked shyly up into the blue
Of matchless beauty overhead,
That smiled upon his tranquil bed.
That smiled upon his tranquil bed.
The Spring, all garlanded and gay,
Tripped out from blooms of fragrant may,
Tripped out from blooms of fragrant may,
And like a maiden crowned with flowers,
She stepped coquettish, bathed in showers;
She stepped coquettish, bathed in showers;
Upon the wind her tresses bold
Streamed from laburnum's locks of gold;
Streamed from laburnum's locks of gold;
And through all distance far and near
Her clarion voice fell loud and clear,
Her clarion voice fell loud and clear,
As, shouting out in tones of mirth,
She said, "Rejoice once more, O earth!
She said, "Rejoice once more, O earth!
For from on high God sent me down,"
To shine on country and o'er town!
To shine on country and o'er town!
A DREAM OF HOME.
IF I might choose my dwelling-place, I only,
It should be far away where uplands rise,
And Nature reigns around all pure and lonely,
And yet not sad beneath her sunlit skies.
It should be far away where uplands rise,
And Nature reigns around all pure and lonely,
And yet not sad beneath her sunlit skies.
