That rose-tree's cluster'd arches! See! Bright through the blossoms leaves his nest : What lulling sound, and shadow cool Oft have the holy wine and bread Now, all beneath the turf are laid Above that consecrated tree To heaven, with all its dreams; A PRAYER, UNDER THE PRESSURE OF VIOLENT ANGUISH. O THOU Great Being! what thou art Surpasses me to know; Yet sure I am that known to thee Thy creature here before thee stands, Yet sure those ills that wring my soul Sure thou, Almighty, canst not act O, free my weary eyes from tears, But if I must afflicted be, To suit some wise design; Then man my soul with firm resolves PARENTS. EXODUS XX. 12. THE Voice of nature, yea, the voice of God, And led our tottering steps to walk in wisdom's way. A parent is indeed a tender friend, And if once lost, we never more shall find Comes from the mouldering breasts that in their gravebed lie. And then we pause to think-alas! how late!- Oh! but once more to see their face!-'t is vain!Once more to hear their voice!—'t is sweetly driven Across our fancy, and expires, and then We wish ourselves away-away to heaven, SACRED LYRIC. WHERE can I go from Thee! All-present Deity! Nature, and Time, and Thought, thine impress bear; Through earth, or sea, or sky, Though wide and far I fly, I turn, and find Thee present with me there. The perfume of the rose, And every flower that blows, All mark thy love; the clusters of the vale, The fruits the garden yields, Proclaim the bounties that can never fail. The vapor and the cloud, The thunder bursting loud, Lashing the rocks and shores, The vasty globes that roll, Each on his own firm pole, Through all the boundless fields of space alone, Prove that, indeed, Thou art From thee I cannot fly; Thine all-observing eye Marks the minutest atom of thy reign; Thou all my path wouldst know, But why should I depart? 'Tis safety where thou art; And could one favor'd spot thy being hold, I, poor, and vain, and weak, That sacred spot would seek, And dwell within the shelter of thy fold! A THOUGHT ON THE SEA-SHORE. BEYOND, beyond that boundless sea, Further than thought itself can flee, Yet dear the awful thought to me, : Art nigh, and yet my laboring mind Feels after thee in vain, Thee in these works of power to find, |