The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-02-08

4.
Th1t''re0fs tho eastern sky
Her eyes dashed lhethc star. At night,
That gem The arch on high,
lier form NJ bcouicous 20 behold.
~ 'un7e, clouds NIL frugei with COLA,
$40 'poks That voice tho sweetest no,ci
OfwiN.hlrls warbel las,
The music That NJ morning lo0u
up 70 the King ofdav,
The evenings yepiyr'' fof,cu Sigh.
nc i.sc1gi 20 that rurirriy,
TO- "Ndf's,' = .1'l, 10 leI 'ny WHY
Nou'vc sIa,,d tCrcath ourmounialu 'tyl
I,it bcceu,c vour car has heard
Tho 10y Of our villa mountain blrl,
Who wuF 20 ven % sweet ''ran,
Won f'n would catch the n0'cl .pln2
Or would you, frcr from osc.y r5lo,
moment breathe this hAcirr N.Y..
Corscior, thai, hcrrc upon tho breeze,
IA7'mnunur mid Ne bending trees,
l. lnsputon prrS from heaven
To mourning carih.slcl,. m5rials riycn2
lclrl vow the hRrn hv Phoebu. srnu-,
Abound whose trembling rrnF there chung
\ 'our, when swept BY Orrhcus hand.
So non ocn IIade, gloomy ''rnd,
Pc echoed not he d,g' wnvc'- roar,
That rolled upon Me rork.bounl shore,
Tn Eu1d ~ Ouu,' trance rl,c.
l'org5'to yrow, the doom ofl'to
Va choug,I, which gave to opheu', rev
Ia loved md lost Eurydee7
Hast beard his song, o stranger ieN7"
Fen Tins her sllvorv accents fcn
Upon ny ravl.hcd cor, when
Alirc,sed her thps In brief reply
80 tcsu'eous ore whoc'cryou be,
From cnrth, or hc1ycn, Or fnnminE sen,
lhsk Indulgence; hear, pray;
a wandering minsrclF pantive lay.
Tho yer OF OJphcu' tuned above
ryc heard whom breathing no'cs oflovc,
I'LL oaks bent doMn from mountain height,
Aud running rivers ccnscd To Row,
Fic5cc forgot to howl Of night,
And harm!cst stood beside the doc,
~ whispering broese' borc along
The thriihng numbers othls song.
But thcre's another reason why 80
I've sought this grouocs secrecy.
An ancient prophet bard has said,
Thif,'i Ia within Parnnb 7u1's shade,
Ahr removed from vulgar owe,
Where mono hut favored onc' may hic
There dw"ls a Muse hose touch inspires
TIC poet with Seraphlc G.os,
I'm bursting from his burning soul,
From lips his magic numbers roll,
Or written on the living page,
lhcy gov and blaze from age to age.
I would that wondrou' being SEQ,
Say. ea.lAt .h,n point her 81: 20 mo
Smiles chased each other DER her face,
In every l'noamcnt grace,
\ charm inclIablc appeared,
Watch warmed my heart, my bosom eheered,
Again In accents sweet and low
A rjpplirg rivu0ts' gentlcst how,
She spakc, II am that wondroas One,
.lJsl thou shalt sc the musos SON."
SLO touched me Hoavcnsl my heat ne'er
thr,!lsi .....' -~, %.
y h.r - sweet, 50 vild. JOY,
Is thcn my very being filed,
a rapture purc, wihou; alloy,
felt the true poetic ere
run Oh tho altar Of my heart;
It's tamcS rose higher still and higher,
lin they consumed each earthly part
That SIN ,nround my being chung,
Aud hushod the songs would have sung.
49,
There, reader YOU haze the vision and
must make much of it, for il may be
. time before shall have another such.
me ecstasy described in the laSr few lines
ught me TO my senses The rain still pat
i nPea the window Panes,the caves drop
their gathered moisture as before, but
gray light OF the vanishing day had been
ccc,i'd hy darkness that could almost be
ro,ievoi only by the cheerful Lights that
lmrd from tho windows ofmy native vii
9 Aud ths>-cenc had rlnral for Inc
ocver lark 'nd unPropition' may " the
I'D without jl, five have cared los our
ri. oar inner man, w,--aeh one OF rs, have
ans "-lia, whittier we can turn, and, by
-fEnlJ E'aJ m5mory hsnE upin she soul,
spnaTR nigh;of adycrsity chcotruIIy and
.It', On, 6i~ui. tAp, We have lowed in