A Forest Hymn
Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by
W. A. TOWNSEND AND COMPANY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
PRINTED BY ALVORD.
And supplication. For his simple heart
Might not resist the sacred influences,
Which, from the stilly twilight of the place,
at his root
Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare
Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower
With scented breath, and look so like a smile,
Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould,
An emanation of the indwelling Life,
A visible token of the upholding Love,
That are the soul of this wide universe.
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There have been holy men who hid themselves
Deep in the woody wilderness, and gave
Their lives to thought and prayer, till they outlived
The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods
And drowns the villages; when, at thy call,
Uprises the great deep and throws himself
Upon the continent, and overwhelms
Its cities—
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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