CXCVIII THE UNBELIEVER Behold yon wretch, by impious passion driven, A. Pope CXCIX SEEDS OF LIGHT God scatters love on every side, There is no wind but soweth seeds Which burst, unlook'd for, into high-soul'd deeds, We find within these souls of ours Within the hearts of all men lie Which blossom into hopes that cannot die, 7. R. Lowell CC ST. AGNES' EVE Deep on the convent-roof the snows My breath to Heaven like vapour goes, The shadows of the convent towers Still creeping with the creeping hours As are the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year As these white robes are soil'd, and dark, To yonder shining ground; As this pale taper's earthly spark, To yonder argent round; So shows my soul before the Lamb, My spirit before Thee, So in mine earthly house I am To that I hope to be. Break up the heavens, O Lord! and far, Thro' all yon starlight keen, Draw me, Thy bride, a glittering star In raiment white, and clean. He lifts me to the golden doors, For me the Heavenly Bridegroom waits, One Sabbath deep and wide- A. Tennyson VII NATURE CCI PSALM XIX The spacious firmament on high, And spangled Heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What, though in solemn silence all In reason's ear they all rejoice, Joseph Addison CCII NATURE Beautiful are the heralds That stand at Nature's door, Crying, "O traveller, enter in, 66 And taste the Master's store!" 66 Enter," they cry, “to a kingly feast, Where all may venture near; And pay the tribute of thy praise So some kneel down and enter |