Lays of the sanctuary : and other poems . on Spreads for thoughtful eyes to view. The Fucus, with its beaded bladder, Covers all the rocks around ;But when the flormy waves are madder, Larger plants are drivn aground. The Strap-weed, glofly and gigantic, Deckd with neatly-plaited frill,Is rifted from the far Atlantic, Where it once grew dark and flill. 270 Mochras. In quiet pools, or deep or Ihallow,Co^-allines difplay their charms, And white or purple, red or yelloT,Spread their nicely-jointed arms. Anemones are here adheringTo the rock with lully power ; Now like a jellied mafs appearing,Now
Lays of the sanctuary : and other poems . on Spreads for thoughtful eyes to view. The Fucus, with its beaded bladder, Covers all the rocks around ;But when the flormy waves are madder, Larger plants are drivn aground. The Strap-weed, glofly and gigantic, Deckd with neatly-plaited frill,Is rifted from the far Atlantic, Where it once grew dark and flill. 270 Mochras. In quiet pools, or deep or Ihallow,Co^-allines difplay their charms, And white or purple, red or yelloT,Spread their nicely-jointed arms. Anemones are here adheringTo the rock with lully power ; Now like a jellied mafs appearing,Now expanded like a flower. Thefe are Thy glorious works, Eternal ! All things which we hear or fee,Beneath, around us, or fupernal, Have their being but from Thee. Thy whole Creation fpread before usBreathes to Thee one hymn of love ; And hark ! Thine Angels fwell the from the Skies above ! And, oh : if Earth is now unfoldingScenes thus lovely to our view, What rapture will be ours beholdingEarth and Heavn alike made nt^w !. 27r LEARNING FROM JOHN EMMET, Esq. ^RiNK of the Alpine flream,Eat of the garnerd com;Go, lie on the fummer fward and dream,And fetch new light from the violet beamThat brings the mom. Sit in the moonlit tower, Sit where the night-bird fmgs,And watch the bat to its breezy bower,And the moth, as it folds in the folding amber wings. Rife with the moorland bee, Sing with the mountain breeze,And gather flrength from the healthy fea,And bring love and peace from the hawthorn leaAnd folemn trees. Weep with the drops of with the golden your foul as wide as the with granite old headlands climb, and viev/The lands afar. Toil with the craters glow. Play with the wild flowers crefl,Be firm and bold as the rocks below,And as kind and calm as the arching bowOn the Storm-gods breafl. -/- Lea? 7iing from Nature. Search in the jewelld mines,Stray on the coral flrand,Grow rich by the fapphire cloud that linesThe
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