In The Deep Woods

There i a spring i . . ■n loday, An alttudc of [lom rosoli, As tliro' the solemn ood- my foottteps strui . Wbere bnxiks huw v ees and ti' abadow epeccb. 8 lint as one wbotreada (iark nilnslc' ríbI&í, 1 w uilcr onward pn-tthosc leafv fchr nes, Wblle sniiset tliro' green casemont soítiv i miles And Trines its rosy eeuser mld tbc pines. Fr overhead tile beeehtiees' spreadlng net Leis in íalut glimpses of tlie sky'e blue roof; Thetlred leaves, dyed scarlet bj sunset, Fall anglcdin tbcbrownraith'gdusky woof. i 1 Uear the young brook whlsper lo tlie lea ves, And mark lts ecaltered sllver on the mot! ; Indremuy air the spkler defUy caves A fllmy siiil f(ir i'lle wiuds to tos. 1 pause besldc the nltra oí the tree, VVhcre Incensé floats frorn cvery buddinc; spray, And llke some d!staiit sj;;ini; of tlie seas, Souud the noli wlnd-hurps aking far away. The air socms as a chnllce, and lts rlm ís ovi Tflmvol by Bunllgbt's ypllow wlne, Anón, some (illlngshauows )ítly dim The mystcrv 'of rts coloríng divine. i suell the vane, sweet odor of tí io irrass, Thc perfume oí paBt Rprinf-timoscoineaslD, And evciy brecze tlmt down tl' glaiet dotli pass, Bears whispcrs of tlie sllvery, sunimcr rain. In theee dccp woods Immorta] jearnings makc 'llip circe oí yes'crday become a dreams; All lessei thing mv soñl would e'er forsake To linccr neje, wbere sueh enchantment seenu. Wbat hliss to wHnilcr from the worió eet free, j To feel tlie eoft air blow upon mv taco; Obi namole&s raptare, be wno knowsnot thce ' Hath never kuownlife'sonesuprenii'etgrace. ' he lrnYeñ and flowera rïe poen;, ovory t)rook ; Thot lavet the film etalk of some bcnding rrid. le bal B siiitonce in that wondrous book vVhere Qenlut fluds its crand, etcrnal creed, i Hcre Nature irakés a-lxmt hcr liannts divine Far sn'Citvr antluins ;h;m earth'a feeblo I hymns, Wh .t suaiis norial h&unt tha dusky plne, Wlose blac'.ícued shade tbc star of evcnlng dir.if. All bcttcr, nobler ícolines come onoc moro To 1 nger with me as I wander liore, Like 6hips rituriiliiü from a brighter shore, 1 tíieet thcra wlth ihc sllcnce of a tcar. Faiu would [ dweil forevcr herfl alone In tbese creat wooiis unnotcd and forgot, An everla-tlntr calm atiout me thrown. The stars ;f cvc to sentinol tlie spot. ould not bear tho far off city's hum, The tumult-" of the outside liie sbould cease, To thls dim rofuc nnugbt Bbould eTercoino To mar the Llissful pcrfeetncss of peacc. Oh. song immortal ; oh divinesi song I Where bhal! I flnd ihee, 11 it b ■ not here) I will no more return unto the. hron;; Here will I rest and d. cm thre ever near. i lic %voods ehall yield tlieir secreta unto me, 'I he sky smlle soflly tliro' 'licrc leafv bars VVlillst evermoie rav ïct shnll fullovr ihee Up patl.wavs leadirg to a land of stars.