Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-02-22
SELECT POETRY.
For the Geauga Republican.
THE mRTRHIRs OF NATURE.

Nature her song OF mystery sings
We dwell amid mysterious things;
With them the solid ground Is teemingi
With mysteries the heaven is gleamingi
In the thin air they're ever sailing,
And in the wide deep are ever prevalllngj
From gentle waves of moonlight gancing,
And 10 the glttering sunlight dancing.
There is mystery In the falling snow,
And In the showers that come and go.
They from the dark-robed clouds are plashlng,
And through the tempest they are dashing.
When the soft wind blows their voice Is
speaking,
Aud when the thunder loud Is breaking.
The god'like sun from day to day
Pursues his ever glorious way;
His wondrous chariot wheels OF fire
Roll on and on, and never tire.
The lovely moon, serenely bright,
Sits in the heavens, fair Queen OF Nights
While with its distance yonder star,
Beainlng 50 constant from afar,
SO calm, so quiet, and so still,
Mocks the astronomers utmost skill
What tongue can tell, what hand can trace,
The mysteries ever taking placer
The genial warmth of early spring
Ten thousand herbs and flowers doth bring.
What makes them bloom9 Doth mortal know
The reason why they thus should growf
An acorn, planted in the ground,
Becomes an oak that spreads around
Its stately branches large and tall,
1t grows from such beginnings small
1t sown with wheat the mellow field,
A bounteous harvest 1t doth yield;
AT first the blade and then the ear
Spring up, and the flowers appear;
Soon full and perfect 1t doth grow,
And how, is what we never know.
The little bird awhile doth dwell
Supine within its narrow SHE'LL
Which soon IL bursts then helpless lies,
Its mothers care, but soon doth rise
And mount aloft with glittering wings,
And cheerful songs exulting sings.
The caterpillar, crawling round
"a loatlsome sighD upon the ground,
Soon bursts its bands, and mounting high,
Appears gaudy butterfly.
The Storm King rushes wildly forth
From the rude regions of the North,
And in his course the forests nod
And desolation walks abroad;
The sun withdraws his shining face,
And darkening clouds usurp his placej
The bolts of heaven descend around,
And thunders shake the trembling groundj
The ocean billOws mounting high,
Seem mingling with the angry skyj
The tempest's wild tumulluos hour,
Comes DER the earth with blasting power,
The world is filed with dire alarm,
So fearful of approaching harm.
We fear the lightnings vivid flash,
And dread the thunder's awful crash.
At length the raging storm doth cease,
The winds are hushed or whisper peace,
The drenchng rain descends no more,
flushed is the tempests angry roar,
| Tue forked lightnings cease 10 play,
The thunlel's voice is far away;
The trees nre clothed in beauty then,
And fields in loveliness again
| The placid skies no terrors show,
Aud peace and safety dwell belowj
The sun in beauty sinks to rest;
His lingering rays illume the west,
With azure cOlors paint the sky,
Then iainter grow, at length they diet
Then stars put on their besuteous sheen,
And brightly shines Nights lovely Queen.
Mild Spring appears, and all around
| Enchanting flowers bedeCk the grOund,
A new green carpet clothes the earth,
Each day new beauties spring 10 birth,
A pleasing fragrance fills the air
Above, around and everywherej
Soft breezes blow among the trees,
And murmur mid the rustling leaves.
o, how unlike the days gone by.
When gloomy clouds o'erspread the sky,
When wintry winds unceasing roared,
And winters storms unceasing poured,
When icy fetters bound the hills,
And frost and snow o'erspread the fields!
Now verdure clothes the fertile fields,
The frost and snow have left the hills.
Bold Winters storms have ceased to pour,
And Boreas' blast forgot to roar;
Now harmless clouds of every hue
Float in sky screnely blue
Now warblers fill the enchanted grove
With songs of happiness and love.
Then Summer comes with ripenlng grain,
TO cheer the husbandman again.
. And Autumn's luscious fruits appear,
And hoary Winter crowns the year.
Mysterious laws the worl'l control,
, Mysterious p0,oer supports the whole;
The sea of science, vast, profound,
Man seeks In Yain iin depihs TO sound.