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The sapling draws its sustenance, Stand the gray rocks, and trem

and thrives;

bling shadows throw,

Though stricken to the heart with And the fair trees look over, side

winter's cold,

The drooping tree revives.

The softly-warbled song

Comes from the pleasant woods. and colored wings

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Nor shall they fail, till, to its au- The golden robin moves. The

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WITH What a glory comes and And pecks by the witch-hazel, goes the year! whilst aloud The buds of spring, those beauti. From cottage roofs the warbling ful harbingers bluebird sings,

Of sunny skies and cloudless And merrily, with oft-repeated

stroke,

times, enjoy Life's newness, and earth's garni- Sounds from the threshing-floor

ture spread out;

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the busy flail.

Oh, what a glory doth this world put on

For him who, with a fervent heart, goes forth

Under the bright and glorious sky, and looks

On duties well performed, and days well spent!

For him the wind, ay, and the yellow leaves,

There is a beautiful spirit breath- Shall have a voice, and give him ing now eloquent teachings. Its mellow richness on the clus- He shall so hear the solemn hymn tered trees, that Death

And, from a beaker full of richest Has lifted up for all, that he shall dyes, go

Pouring new glory on the autumn To his long resting-place without

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Lifts up her purple wing, and in WHEN winter winds are piercing

the vales

The gentle wind, a sweet and pas

sionate wooer,

chill,

And through the hawthorn blows the gale,

Kisses the blushing leaf, and stirs With solemn feet I tread the hill,

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Where Autumn, like a faint old The embracing sunbeams chastely

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Where, twisted round the barren | And the censer burning swung,
Where, before the altar, hung
The crimson banner, that with

oak,

The summer vine in beauty

clung,

prayer

And summer winds the stillness Had been consecrated there.

broke,

The crystal icicle is hung.

Where, from their frozen urns, mute springs

And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard the while,

Sung low, in the dim, mysterious aisle.

Pour out the river's gradual Take thy banner! May it wave

tide,

Shrilly the skater's iron rings,
And voices fill the woodland
side.

Alas! how changed from the fair scene,

When birds sang out their mel

low lay,

Proudly o'er the good and brave;
When the battle's distant wail
Breaks the sabbath of our vale,
When the clarion's music thrills
To the hearts of these lone hills,
When the spear in conflict shakes,
And the strong lance shivering
breaks.

And winds were soft, and woods 'Take thy banner! and, beneath

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'Take thy banner! But when night

Closes round the ghastly fight,

Has grown familiar with your If the vanquished warrior bow,

song;

I hear it in the opening year,

I listen, and it cheers me long.

Spare him! By our holy vow,
By our prayers and many tears,

By the mercy that endears,
Spare him! he our love hath
shared!

HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN Spare him! as thou wouldst be

NUNS OF BETHLEHEM

AT THE CONSECRATION OF PU

LASKI'S BANNER

WHEN the dying flame of day
Through the chancel shot its ray,
Far the glimmering tapers shed
Faint light on the cowlèd head;

spared!

'Take thy banner! and if e'er Thou shouldst press the soldier's

bier,

And the muffled drum should beat
To the tread of mournful feet,
Then this crimson flag shall be
Martial cloak and shroud for
thee.'

The warrior took that banner And the wild horn, whose voice proud, the woodland fills, And it was his martial cloak and Was ringing to the merry shout

shroud!

SUNRISE ON THE HILLS

That faint and far the glen sent

out,

Where, answering to the sudden shot, thin smoke,

I STOOD upon the hills, when Through thick-leaved branches,

heaven's wide arch

Was glorious with the sun's return

ing march,

And woods were brightened, and soft gales

from the dingle broke.

If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget,

will keep

Went forth to kiss the sun-clad If thou wouldst read a lesson, that vales. The clouds were far beneath me; Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep,

bathed in light,

They gathered midway round the Go to the woods and hills! No

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The noisy bittern wheeled his spi- It fills the nice and delicate ear of

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Came sweetly to the echo-giving In the green valley, where the sil

hills;

ver brook,

From its full laver, pours the white | My busy fancy oft embodies it,

cascade;

And, babbling low amid the tan

gled woods,

Slips down through moss-grown

As a bright image of the light and

beauty

That dwell in nature; of the heavenly forms

stones with endless laughter. We worship in our dreams, and And frequent, on the everlasting

hills,

Its feet go forth, when it doth wrap itself

In all the dark embroidery of the storm,

And shouts the stern, strong wind. And here, amid

The silent majesty of these deep woods,

Its presence shall uplift thy thoughts from earth,

As to the sunshine and the pure, bright air

Their tops the green trees lift.

Hence gifted bards

Have ever loved the calm and quiet shades.

For them there was an eloquent voice in all

The sylvan pomp of woods, the golden sun,

The flowers, the leaves, the river

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the soft hues

That stain the wild bird's wing, and flush the clouds

When the sun sets. Within her tender eye

The

heaven of April, with its changing light,

And when it wears the blue of May, is hung,

And on her lip the rich, red rose. Her hair

Is like the summer tresses of the trees,

When twilight makes them brown, and on her cheek Blushes the richness of an autumn sky,

With ever-shifting beauty. Then her breath,

It is so like the gentle air of Spring,

As, from the morning's dewy flowers, it comes

Full of their fragrance, that it is a joy

To have it round us, and her silver voice

Is the rich music of a summer bird,

Heard in the still night, with its passionate cadence.

BURIAL OF THE MINNISINK

In many a lazy syllable, repeat- ON sunny slope and beechen

ing

Their old poetic legends to the wind.

swell,

The shadowed light of evening fell; And, where the maple's leaf was brown,

And this is the sweet spirit, that❘ With soft and silent lapse came doth fill

down,

The world; and, in these wayward The glory, that the wood receives, At sunset, in its golden leaves.

days of youth,

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