New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-03
BY EPES SARGENT.
Nor In this green retreat,

Nor In this green retreat
However beautiful while Summer launches
Her odoTs aud soft airs through saying orsocA..
Though sild flowers court our feet
Auc though the wild birds capture
The listening sense with their meodious rao,urs
Not here, no, here. my friends,
Let us believe the loved one shall rcpose
Or that liie's true receptacle descends
To the dark molo where sOds shove IL close
And the immortal with the mortal blends
Let not despair or sen'usl distrust
Confound this moldering dust
With the true person With the inner form,
Which gave the outward all Il had Of fair
Which is no kinored OF the worm,
No warrant for despair
Not here, my soul, not for one moment here,
Sinks the pure life spring OF one generous tear;
OF enc heaven. aimed affection,
One tender recollection,
One deed Of soooness 10 seclusion wrought
One lesson, or one trough
AZ wstur rises 10 iis fountain. bead,
However low you Law lis transient bed
60 must the spirit from It's earth ward course
Mount TO the Deity, which Is It's source
We give the infant who to walk 1, learning,
His leading stripgs-corks Ia the doubttu swinu~
So ave these bo0e for our oriet sojoui ming
Helps b us here, while schOoltO ia beings prins.
For here, I'm Gods stupendOus seminary
Whist various lore toe tho ugnlful eye engages
Morning ana night-ihe seasons as they vary
Spread tor our use Illuminated pages
II al aeTe our. unframed, what need Of actions
II God no problem set for our unfolding,
Where were the joy the power the oenetsctton
OF toll and faith, and pray err, cur spits m I'd ali
Where W. RI the insUcence, without temptstoat
Where, without FREEDOM were the seli-dsnislt
Where were the goal, the triumph, the salvation,
Without the doubt, the dagger, and the trist
And though To some the iurer lot be given,
UnstsiLeo because unuied, TO enter Heaven,
O doubt OF there Ia compensation ever
From Him, the just and uDtor getting Giyer
II. then, the saviOur's promise and example
Be an assurance ample,
Let US not say, however fair the breast
OF the green hillside, where their graves are mae
"Bere the beloved ones resti
" Here 10 this forest shaded"
Distant, sn0 yet how uesr
Where kindred spirits kindred Joys pursue,
In duties evsr dear,
Surprises new,
They range from sphere 10 sphere
Through all the fresh delights Of Gods eternal year,
Nor are their human ties gotten quite;
With the strong With ~ SEQ friends lett behind
Cometh nigbt
Swifter than light
And they are here, though viewless as the wind,
With privilege At times, To tnterpose
Between US and our woes,
Since IL is gain ineifable to die
Unto the mortal eye,
What doth il matter TO the split freed
II the decay Ing h,sk feed flower or weed
Then Tor the living be tho grounds outsid,
The eager soil arrayed
Remote from cities and from habtations
Here " here the grateful trees and uader wood
Convert couupon's nOxiOus carnations
Through Naures wODdrOus alchemy, To good
Not Metropolis
Rattle garden this
With sylvan alleys and eDsmeled banks
And pines 10 plume-tost ranks,
Here let The rOses bloom
Here let the wild bee come
To find the ground
Hesped with such hoveIy wealth as bee neer found
But ., h,ghbuilding Vanity foroesr
To rear upon this spot III O'ercosty pile;
Rather let living Want thy bounty share,
And trust thou unto watchtul Natures smile
To keep the turf above thy ashes bright
In Springs fret verdure Digit,
Then Oh all this be Mount ri Hope indeed,
Where not one doubtful title we shall read.