Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-02-01
THE EVENING STAR.
ANAposrKopBE TO HE HE EARTH:
Oh, Earth 4!

Oh, Earth!
How beautituI 70 behold thy scenery
Thy "cloud- cspt' hi.ls. enclosed IN everlasting
tn, .oeS sc,,ua ooass, on whlch thJ seas thandsr
An eternal bass In Nature, music,
AND ds;h aOt qnf' squehi the sailors hommss
Thy fertile ysls. hioh ii Psg5Gha2 Ss9t sasy ne
And vsSisgs,ed hues which AutuInn briIgs.
Or. with the slIste1lng, or, s,sl. ast oy SHOWS
Threw IN faRta TIC Trea;hs around each tree
Which dare raise its hs I'D above thy suI face,
whose rugged, ssrrsn soI'. no Sumner knows,
Nor kn VS. tbs Spring, nor Autumus tadIpg tint
Tuned in s-tess strains BY Natures mirstrels,
There's beauty in ;hy CLASSY ice-5Ound lskes
Thai bTi lightly mirror forth the rugged cliff:
II in the Su ming torrid z me th,, lie.
With deep Nst Brightest huss that she oan rive,
FOR now shs fears no chi ling Wint.I blight
5hs 1 sproutng SEED and tender bud Of sp,ins.
The OGDEN btoom of summers brighter hours,
All, ali is bsautIfol, where'er we turn.
70 Eorthsrn, trOpc, or to southern olime,
~ al we see the beauty imsged forth
OF our Creator, God.
Yet still, oh EARTH
Although THERE'S beauty IN JlIy sa5luo s0enes,
Although thou hast the impress of thy God =
Wha, mean the dire convulsions, that are wont
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What mean tiny heavy thunde s terrible?
Thy forked lightning's horrid, burning pay!
Thy vrathful storms, and vengefsl hurricanes
That make 81 nature bow. upturn forests
In their terror stricken path, and buy
AL they 5s meet deep des;5Es.IOnf s- tPmbs
Their lava tids v ith death on its bosom!
Thy earthquakes voice, which warns the mountain
To bow in silence fr;m it. towering hight,
AID bids, with thuHder tone the stsepled tower
80 dOf its crest and lay il in the dusti
Sh, Earth how cam'st IA gu thus disprieredt
What power has thqs curssd the Z: Oh. center!
Hast thou departed from thy wonted track
Nor in thee alone is this ,Gisarras g snent
Live but % destroy with savs; : 6srceness;
t. tame them even human skill proved vain.
Nor even here cease the developments
OF dIsarrang emeaI and deg me. aoy.
ben man, v DO bsars the image Of MS God,
flrst on earth, possessed Of soul Immortal,
Of mind ex pansiye, am Of judg ment sound,
r en- ne - altered oy this wondrous change.
And most in thee to bs la1ented Once
Eaeas paths yea walked IN holiness,
But now, go changed that SCARCE q trace is left
Te f9 sSdg ,Rs ds1 If I. On IN: ssrtn
That not thea, bat all thy living tenants,
Human ard brate are subject to the curse.
Twas THOU, oh man twas thy unbe udins viii
That brought on me al iesolatl0n ssd.
Thy hand against the crest Aimig hty's power
,Ewss this that caused Has curse to rest on me;
a curses so dire AID Taught with heavenly wrath
Could ever ks gs' re- . sokea ii sentsTce."
post thou then say, on Earth, thou shalt be FREE
The ha tie to speed thIas "nwa d howard way,
And leg DO power thy hsPPy course deter,
ihs dtS Of sfT hen Ect in All oa'
TINS vat domain shall SEA, or earth or air
The morning stars shall then together sing,
As not slnce she pherds he. I'd IN. m on the aims
ThT surfscs ali AID MAZE esch vale. and hi.
ana plain, nj dTelilng-pIace for man. L.