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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt:...is thine! The burst of the spring, in its blooming and budding, Like stars all the emerald meadow-lands studding; The rush of bright wings on the glimmering dawn, The sparkle of flies on the sunlight of morn; The diamonds of dew on the full-blooming trees, The sweet song of birds, and the soft hum of bees; And all that can beautify,--all that can shine,--Oh! Lord of our life,--they are thine, they are thine! Above us, the sapphire hangs gorgeous and bright, O'er-spangled with worlds in the grandeur of night, Shining on, shining on, in an undying splendour, Yet still looking down on us tearful and tender; To woo our souls heavenward, and silently kiss Them unto their spheres, from the darkness of this. Oh! where is this beauty 1--from whom doth it shine t Dear Father of love,--it is thine, it is thine! The Mind,--that bright temple of undying things, That gushes for ever with unfailing springs, That holds the dear germ of this beauty entire, And hovers, and glows, like the pure altar's fire,--Bent down from the heavens to enlighten and move The host of Its thoughts to devotion and love. Oh! whose is this temple, so bright and divine? Dear God of our hope,--it is thine, it is thine! W. Martin. THANATOPSIS. To him, who, in the love of Nature, holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language. For his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty; and she glides Into his darker musings with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steah away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart, Go forth unto the open s...