Heights

With sunkissMl slope the moiintairis risO, The plain is vciled in shadows i;ray ; To bigh hewn paths I lift tny eyeft, Wbo onty know the lowlaüd way Men say the n,'jks are step and straight. Thai dansers lurk on either hand; Butoh. the joy to hint, elate, Who frorn tlmir ummit viewM tr+ lanfi! The vallí'y, too. ttmy say, is Kutt;, The roads lie broad and sntootl) rnsfore; Vot happier the homeless wuif Than tho irliained ina-stifF Uy Mrw.r Far off thy stand and riux-k at me, My lit'.-ivenly hills, serene and kmkI, Why sluniïil they show vvhat may uot te. Why tempt me with unlf katihood ! Btit, tvoutd I daft ruit trfiakR nnr fjbaut; WluM-eon to look, f not to tnvi'l ' 1 sure can thanb the (iiitstrotched iani;i Tbat bighis the re ar, still overhead And whilij f walk these weary wayB. Sonm nne'a in paths I tnay set-, CUmbiug the hills wbervoa I aze. Rece.ives all tiood denind to me.