Teach me, oh! teach me to adore E'en with that pure one's faith; A faith, all made of love and light, Child-like, and, therefore, full of might! A POET'S DYING HYMN. Be mute who will, who can, Yet I will praise thee with impassion'd voice! In such a temple as we now behold, Rear'd for thy presence; therefore am I bound To worship, here and everywhere. WORDSWORTH. THE blue, deep, glorious heavens !—I lift mine eye, And bless thee, O my God! that I have met And own'd thine image in the majesty Of their calm temple still!-that never yet There hath thy face been shrouded from my sight By noontide blaze, or sweeping storm of night: I bless thee, O my God! That now still clearer, from their pure expanse, Touching death's features with a lovely glance And lending to each holy star a ray As of kind eyes, that woo my soul away: I bless thee, O my God! That I have heard thy voice, nor been afraid, In the earth's garden-'midst the mountains old, And the low thrillings of the forest shade, And upon many a desert plain and shore— I bless thee, O my God! And if thy spirit on thy child hath shed The gift, the vision of the unseal'd eye, To pierce the mist o'er life's deep meanings spread, To reach the hidden fountain-urns that lie Far in man's heart-if I have kept it free And pure a consecration unto thee: I bless thee, O my God! If my soul's utterance hath by thee been fraught Native as early melodies of home: I bless thee, O my God! Not for the brightness of a mortal wreath, That I have loved-that I have known the love Which troubles in the soul the tearful springs, Yet, with a colouring halo from above, Tinges and glorifies all earthly things, Whate'er its anguish or its woe may be, I bless thee, O my God! That by the passion of its deep distress, Too full for words upon their stream to bear, I bless thee, O my God! That hope hath ne'er my heart or song forsaken, High hope, which even from mystery, doubt, or dread, Calmly, rejoicingly, the things hath taken, |