Poetry

River, O ! Ilv-r vi Iigiii, liy ihy shore Tlie nc!tesi oí flijweis til beauty are sprinin : rfce spiins-iiine hath come, aiid lier coverin. once more, Sweu hirdi úS the Cores: welconie back wiil llieir inging, And ihy Hice, brighiüt river, loólo brigluer thai ■ver. ín ihy o'ear minor'd deplhs shine the Ic.if an I Che bongh : O ! innny's ihe lime I hnve seen thec, but nev er Díd ihy surfuce Ijok half g.i inviting as now. Rlver. O.' River nf light. ihnu Ims' C"me Froin il.R place where ihy waleis firot gusli' from llie fountnin ; Ffftlh ihe tempes! e'er p.iused on ils woy, - hni!ir foam On thy bijaum lieen white as the snow on ihe iiiouninin. Flow on, peaceful stream. Like the notos of :. song Are thy mumturiag waves, as they rise anri breek, In the sun's biight beai.is ihey dance swifily tong, To meet in embrace the glad woves of the lake. "ivpr. O ! River of light, murmur on The v"ce uf thy waters sounds g!adsme nnri free ; rhe rlnf nnd ihe sunshine will never bi g'-re. Aii-i ihp liy.'u il the mornnig isbeaimag foi thee. Tis here rhere ifre Acer nf the foresi siiny. 'Nenlh ihr atinde of the giecnwoud I evci voold dwe!]f Till the da ys of my ufe hnd flowed wiftly avvny. Then Uiver, sweet Rivej-uf !i. M farewell ! T!:rMnn'. AdiïT, '47.