VIL But thou, O Goddess! in thy favorite Isle The wide earth's storehouse fenced about And Love, when worthiest of his name, XXXV. то ON HER FIRST ASCENT TO THE SUMMIT OF HELVELLY INMATE of a mountain dwelling, Awed, delighted, and amazed! Potent was the spell that bound thee, Not unwilling to obey; For blue Ether's arms, flung round thee, Lo the dwindled woods and meadows! What a vast abyss is there! Lo the clouds, the solemn shadows, And the glistenings, heavenly fair! And a record of commotion Which a thousand ridges yield; Maiden! now take flight; -inherit Or survey their bright dominions In the gorgeous colors drest Flung from off the purple pinions Evening spreads throughout the west! Thine are all the coral fountains To Niphates' top invited, - For the power of hills is on thee, 1818. XXXVI. TO A YOUNG LADY, FHO HAD BEEN REPROACHED FOR TAKING LONG WALX8 IN THE COUNTRY. DEAR Child of Nature, let them rail! A harbor and a hold; Where thou, a Wife and Friend, shalt see There, healthy as a shepherd-boy, Which at no season fade, Thou, while thy babes around thee cling, A Woman may be made. Thy thoughts and feelings shall not die, But an old age serene and bright, 1808. XXXVII. WATER-FOWL. "Let me be allowed the aid of verse to describe the evolution which these visitants sometimes perform, on a fine day towards the close of winter.". - Extract from the Author's Book on the Lakes. MARK how the feathered tenants of the flood, With grace of motion that might scarcely seem Inferior to angelic, prolong Their curious pastime! shaping in mid-air Ascending! they approach, I hear their wings, Faint, faint at first; and then an eager sound, and as faint again! Past in a moment, They tempt the sun to sport amid their plumes; Almost to touch; then up again aloft, Up with a sally and a flash of speed, As if they scorned both resting-place and rest! 1812. XXXVIII. VIEW FROM THE TOP OF BLACK COMB. THIS Height a ministering Angel might select: hills To the southwest, a multitudinous show; And, in a line of eyesight linked with these, |