The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-01-10
For ne Gaselk.
TaB vOICB or JEHOVAH.
1. Kings xix, verses ., sc.
BY d. 4. DE FRANCE.

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Shedding his bright beams, IN glorious splend9or
Tac warm south wind soft waited Ger the plait
Tho fragran, perfume Of q thousand fow'rs,
that grew profuscly, and spe ptaneous there.
Tae carols Of the birds amid the trees r,@,srs {
We're sweelly sounding their Creators praise,
The murm'ring brook was music TO the ear,
As Ger its rocky bed, il leaped along; .t,.
And now its tiny waves each othcr chased
With speed toward the white and pebhy strand
All nature smiled; e'en the gloomy moun'a.ns
Seemed 10 havo los, its sternnesf .and assume
A pleasant aspect; and its snow-capptd top
With dazzling brightness gissenes in TIE light
OF tha, warm summer mornings sun. tes aa.
Bat now
4 traveller draws.nig!r, the first 70 view
This glorious sight. g lie sapilgriin worn:
Tnoug,, wc2s,ku1n y his journty, ycs no rest #
Takes he; b Inward PRESSES torthe mount,
Asd slow asccnds The steep and craggy rocks.
Behold him urgingshis enieebled form
Along the dizzy psth which scnrcc affords
! A ioo,hod for the goat, much less for man,
And one so aged and weary as he is.
And Why seeks he the giant mountain top!
D res fear and terror speed him on to gam
4 ne refuge from an rn7clentiag foe
Survey the boundess p!air, anisry in vain
A single human being to descry.
or does he search for hidden weaiti, a'nong
Those sterile rocks. Once more hu. cast the cy'
Der all The fertile vale; there riches arc .{s
IN number countless, ,nexhnustible.
O-is he some advent'rous traveller
Determined but to gain the icy top
or this high mount, where he cun sit and view
As would monarch, al the world below!
lies bu, poor and humble minded man, '
We, rich in wisdom, and in knowledge rare.
IIis purpose is 10 reach certain spot
Where he may see gren, wonders. such rs lev
o; mortal mould have e'cr before beheld.
He comes by that Command he must obey,
To listen to sha, Voice, which ONCE before,
On Suai,s mount, In thunder tones had spok'n
He seeks cayerr; there he hides his faco
And on the rough blackr rock, now kneeling down
Lifts up his fait'ring voice 20 God prayer.
And soon sirong high wind, . hurTioane,. y
Comes sweeping DER the P!airj the giant trees
Like slender twigs, are torn up by :hc roots
And donward whrlcd, 'gainsi each other crashing
The mountain too seems rent, asunder bursts,
AS if the mighty blast had hurled the rocks
F.om peak to base, nor left one stone unturncd
Blu, in ll,a, stormy wind, there, G,d was not.
Anon the air was hushed, and nature wore
The same calm aspect, as before had been.
Aud now dire sounds Of dreadful import war
Within the heavng car,h;and gaping seams
Amid the solid rock s and open wide. asad
The earth convulsed, DER allthc plain beyond,
Like waves upon the ocean,rols along
Dlshing, as y were, a foam ofmorly mould !:
Bat in this scene terrific, God was not. 4ae
Again all silent grow, nor sound was heard
All hushed was nature, as before had BEEN.
And now fire enveloped NIL the mount
kindIed by His Almighty Hand from nough;
Increasing in extent, it onward srodc
In majesty amid the forest green,
C,nsuMing all thesto had spared bciort;'
Nor harmed, nor scorched the pigrimin the cave
For he, preserved by that protecting Hand,
! Again was seen on bendcdAnec in pray'r,
Waen suddenly the fire cxtinguished was
Blu, God was not here present; ytt to come
lie shows His ghty advent BY thcse signs
OF lis command DER air, and earth. and fire.
And as at morn-thc air grew calm again
All hushcd the wind and earth became; no SCUM
Not cen The rustic of a leafto break ~
The solemn stiffness Of the sacred spot,
c .ine 10 the wand'rer's ea-;it seemed indeed
AS the very elements had lost
Their pow'r alike and were forever mute.
The pilgrim, in his garment, wrapped his lace
Nor dared to view the awful form Of God;
Forth 10 the entrance went be then, and stood,
Aud listepcs; through the air,l'ke music soft
Game falling on his car .'a s.' ,naaA rooife, 4
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