...of earth And ocean's liquid mass, beneath him lay In gladness and deep joy. The clouds were touch'd, And in their silent faces did he read Unutterable...was blessedness and love ! A Herdsman on the lonely mountain tops, Such intercourse was his, and in this sort Was his existence oftentimes possessed. Oh...

...his spirit drank The spectacle — Sensation, soul and form All melted into him — they swallow'd up ; . His animal being — in them did he live And...Power That made him — it was blessedness and love." The scanty libraries of this schoolmaster and of the village priest served to people the infant regions...

...high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks lie breathed, he proffered no request ; Rapt into still...the power That made him; it was blessedness and love ! — pp. 13, 14. The manner in which a being, so spiritualized by communion with Nature, profited...

...Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks lie breathed, he proffered no request ; ftapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect...power That made him; it was blessedness and love! — pp. 13, 14. The manner in which a being, so spiritualized by communion with Nature, profited by...

...expired. No thanks he breath'd, he proffer'd no request ; Rapt into still communion that transcends Th' imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was...power That made him : it was blessedness and love." P. 13. We could almost wish, not for our own pleasure, but to avoid scandalizing such as feel by rule,...

...sensation, soul, and form All melted into him ; they swallowed up His animal being ; in them did be live, And by them did he live ; they were his life....power That made him : it was blessedness and love. BEATTIE. Lo ! where the stripling wrapt in wonder roves Beneath the precipice o'erhung with pine, And...

...expired. No thanks he breathed, he proflered no request : Rapt into still communion that transcends Th" imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was...to the Power That made him ; it was blessedness and lore. EXCURSION. Nothing can be more artless and simple than the subjects which lie chooses, yet nothing...

...request : Rapt into still communion that transcends Th imperfect offices of praver and praise, Mis mind was a thanksgiving to the Power That made him ; it was blessedness and lore. EXCURSION. Nothing can be more artless and simple than the subjects which he chooses, yet nothing...

...deep joy. The clouds were touched, And in their silent faces did he read £66 THE AMERICAN [Lwon 12t. Unutterable love. Sound needed none, Nor any voice...was blessedness and love ! A Herdsman, on the lonely mountain tops Such intercourse was his ; and in this sort Was his existence oftentimes possessed. Oh,...

...Thought was not in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request j Rapt into ttill communion that transcends The imperfect offices of...power That made him ; it was blessedness and love ! p. 13. We cannot believe that the critic was sincere in his remark upon this splendii passage ; if...