And jog along thy destin'd way: Steady as truth, on either end Thy lengthen'd day Shall gild once more my native plain; I'll turn thee up again. ROSY HANNAH. A SPRING, o'erhung with many a flower, I caught her blue eye's modest beam : With me her glowing image stay'd: I strove, from that auspicious day, To meet and bless the lovely maid. I met her where beneath our feet Through downy moss the wild thyme grew; Nor moss elastic, flow'rs though sweet, Match'd Hannah's cheek of rosy hue. I met her where the dark woods wave, LUCY. THY favourite bird is soaring still: The pathway flowers that bending meet, Since there thy smiles, my charming maid, To beauty be the homage paid; Come, claim the triumph of the Green. A promise too my Lucy made, (And shall my heart its claim resign?) WOODLAND HALLO., IN our cottage, that peeps from the skirts of the wood, I am mistress, no mother have I; Yet blithe are my days, for my father is good, And kind is my lover hard by ; They both work together beneath the green shade, Where I've listen'd whole hours to the echo that made From my basket at noon they expect their supply, And with joy from my threshold I spring; For the woodlands I love, and the oaks waving high, And echo that sings as I sing. Though deep shades delight me, yet love is my food, His musical shout is the pride of the wood, Simple flowers of the grove, little birds live at ease, I wish not to wander from you; I'll still dwell beneath the deep roar of your trees, The trill of the robin, the coo of the dove, But resting through life on the bosom of love, LOVE OF THE COUNTRY. WELCOME silence! welcome peace! Thus I prove, as years increase, My heart and soul for quiet made. While rapture's gushing tears descend, That every flower and every leaf Is moral Truth's unerring friend. I would not for a world of gold That Nature's lovely face should tire ; Pure source of intellectual fire! Fancy's fair buds, the germs of song, Unquicken'd midst the world's rude strife, Shall sweet retirement render strong, Then tell me not that I shall grow I grant that summer heats will burn, Build me a shrine, and I could kneel That one GREAT SPIRIT governs all. Where o'er my corse green branches wave; And those who from life's tumult fly With kindred feelings press my grave. |