Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1802-12-13
CHAMOUNY /;
II HYMN.
TEE HoTE BEFORE syN-RIsE /.

HAST thou charm % itay tie morning lsr
81 h,s iteep cosrlc--lo long he leen, 10 pAufe
On Thy bad, awful head, ChAmouny
The Arve and Arveifon at thy b4le,
Rave ceaitlei5iy f; bur thou, drcdd mountain,
form,
ieil from forth THY Gcnt iea Of pines,
tiow hIcntiy Around thee, and 4bnve,
Deep Is the ky, aud black: tranipicuous, deep,
An enon mSls Methinks, thou pitrcen il
As with wedgc Bur when | look again,
Il feems Thy own calm homc, thy crynal
lirne,
Thy ha5itatIon from eternity.
. dread and Gleni form / gaz' d upon thee,
rlil thou, Ail preicnJ 70 my bodily eye,
DIJ't vanIih from my thought. Entrance 3
ii pr4y'r
| worlhpp'd the INVISIBLE alone.
Yet thou, meanumc, wAt work w on my foul,
Z en- IKE iomc tetp enchanting melody,
50 lwcet, we know nut We are iilt ntng 10 il.
Bu; | awake, and %iIb balirl mind.
And active VIII ieii-coniclous, oder now,
NOT, as before, involuntary PrAy'r
Aud pAilIye adUr4tiOn -
liand and voice,
Awake, awake and thou. my heart, AZ 4 ke !!
Awake, ye rock, Yr iorea pines, awake !
Green heids, add ioy diff All join nay hynn,
and thCu. lilcnt ninapta n, loe and bare,
O backer, thah the dArknel5, ali the night,
And viited, al night. hy troops Of ttArs,
Or when they cllaIb the Ky, or when they
huk--
Companion Of the morning ltsr at dawn,
I'hvieli Earth roly tar, and Of the dawn
Co herald Wake, Q wake, and utter praile !!
Who iauk Thy lunIeli pliers deep IA carthi
Who hlPd thy cohntonancc with roiy hghi
Who made thee father OF perpetual itreams ?
And you, ye five wld totrents, ferccly glad,
Who call'd you forth from Night and utter
Death
From darkncls let vod Ioofe, and icy dens,
Down thoie preeipi.ous, black j4ge,l rocks
Forever lhattsrd, and the fame ioieve
Who gave YOU your invulncrabIe life,
Your lrength. your fpted, your iuiy, and
your Joy,
UaceaGug thunder, and eternal foam
And who commanded and he ence came
Here lhalI the pillows artEsn, aud have
rcn 7"
Ye ee-f4Is ye that from yon dizzy heights
Adown enormous ravines arepy 1ope,
Torrents, w-thinks, that ncard mighty
voice,
And noppd at once amid their m4ddea
plunge
hTotionlels torreEts flcm cataraas
Who made you glorious, as the gates Of Hta-
Beneath ihc'keen full Moon } Who bade the
Clo;he you with R4inbows3 Who with lovely
flowers
Of living blue fpread sarlands at your feet
COP GoD The torrents, like fhout OF
rations,
Utter The ice plain buras, and anlwers CoDl
God, ing the meadow dreams with glatlomc
voice,
And pine groves, with their loft, and foul like
found,
The ilent fnow MATS Ioos 'nng, thunders Cop
Ye dreadlsis flowers thar fringe tn eternal
from
Yc wild goats, bounding by the eagles nea
Yc eagles, plsymates of the moun ain blalt
Ye ighinneS, the dread arrows OF The clouds
Yc fens ana wonders of the element,
U;tcr forth, God and fill the hills with prafe
And thou, q Glent form, alone and bare,
Whom, As lilt again my head oow'd low
ln alteration, | again behold.
Aud 10 thy fummir upward from thy bafe
Sweep howly with dim eyes iufiuled by tears,
Awake : hou mountain form rife, like cloud
Rife, Ike cloud Of incenfe, from the earth !!
Thou king'y fprit throned among the bills,
Thou dread ambaaAdct from earth TO heaven
Great hierarch, tell thou the iilcnt Ky,
And tell the fiars and tell the rifng fun.
Eart.. with her thoufand voices calls on GoD /!
ESTESE.