. Godey's lady's book . r by my lowly cot thy notes resound— Thy thrilling notes—bird of the bellows lungs!And doth thy welcome evenings serenade My soul with new-born inspiration fill,As oer the bosom of the sleeping glade Thy weird notes fall, thou plaintive Whip-poor-will! Thine is a life of solitude profound ; Thy mid-day absence, too, a mystery!What fate induces thee to rest, spell-bound, Till Sol sinks deep beneath Hesperias sea?Art thou the spirit of departed clay, Erst doomed to roam a trackless woodland goal ?—Thy cancelled notes throughout the live-long day, And evening anthems, pena
. Godey's lady's book . r by my lowly cot thy notes resound— Thy thrilling notes—bird of the bellows lungs!And doth thy welcome evenings serenade My soul with new-born inspiration fill,As oer the bosom of the sleeping glade Thy weird notes fall, thou plaintive Whip-poor-will! Thine is a life of solitude profound ; Thy mid-day absence, too, a mystery!What fate induces thee to rest, spell-bound, Till Sol sinks deep beneath Hesperias sea?Art thou the spirit of departed clay, Erst doomed to roam a trackless woodland goal ?—Thy cancelled notes throughout the live-long day, And evening anthems, penance for a soul? Nay ! legends eld would weave a witchery Around thy being, linked with solitude;But God, in his great wisdom, gave to thee The night-realm, where no day-bird dare intrude!Nor marvel I at superstitions spell, When man Gods own immaculate would wrong!That song is Heavens gift; thou, too, canst tell, Thou feathered one—thou poet-bird of song! NOVELTIES FOR MAY. 491 NOVELTIES FOR MAY. Fig. 1. Fig. 492 godeys ladys book and magazine, Fig- 6.
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