Church poetry : or, Christian thoughts in old and modern verse . t thou rather under force Of some Divine Command,Commissiond to presage a course Of happier days at hand. Thrice welcome then, for many a long And joyless year have I,As thou to-day, put forth my song Beneath a wintry sky. But thee no wintry skies can harm, Who only needst to sing,To make een January charm, And every season 18 LESSONS FROM NATURE. A CHILDS ANSWER. C. I met a fairy child, whose golden hairAround her sunny face in clusters hung ;And as she wove her king-cup chain, she sungHer household melodies—those stra
Church poetry : or, Christian thoughts in old and modern verse . t thou rather under force Of some Divine Command,Commissiond to presage a course Of happier days at hand. Thrice welcome then, for many a long And joyless year have I,As thou to-day, put forth my song Beneath a wintry sky. But thee no wintry skies can harm, Who only needst to sing,To make een January charm, And every season 18 LESSONS FROM NATURE. A CHILDS ANSWER. C. I met a fairy child, whose golden hairAround her sunny face in clusters hung ;And as she wove her king-cup chain, she sungHer household melodies—those strains that bearThe hearer back to Eden. Surely neerA brighter vision blest my dreams. Whose childArt thou, I said, sweet girl ? In accent mildShe answered, Mothers When I questioned, « WhereHer dwelling was,—again she answered, Home. Mother! and Home /— O blessed ignorance !Or rather blessed knowledge ! What advanceFarther than this shall all the years to come,With all their lore effect ? There are but givenTwo names of higher note,—* Father and Hea-ven. LESSONS FROM NATURE. 19 FROM THE GARDEN. Cowley. But with no sense the garden does comply,None courts or flatters, as it does the the great Hebrew king did almost strainThe wondrous treasures of his wealth and brain,His royal southern guest to entertain; Tho* she on silver floors did tread,With bright Assyrian carpets on them spread,To hide the metals poverty :Though she lookd up to roofs of gold,And nought around her could beholdBut silk and rich embroidery,And Babylonish tapestry,And wealthy Hirams princely dye ;Though Ophirs starry stones met every where her eye ;Though she herself and her gay host were dressd,With all the shining glories of the East;When lavish art her costly work had done,The honour and the prize of braveryWas by the garden from the palace won ; 20 LESSONS FROM NATURE. And every rose and lily there did standBetter attired by Natures case thus judgd against the king we see,By One, w
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