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7 And ye! 77 whose | bolder | note 7|7 is | heard a far, 7|

7 Who | shake the as | tonished | world 7 | | lift 7 | high to Heaven |

7 The im | petuous | song, 7 | 7 and | say 7 | 7 from | whom you | rage. 7| | |

7 His | praise, 7 | 7 ye | brooks 7 | 7 at | tune, 7 | | 77 ye | trembling | rills, 7 |

7 And | let me | catch it | 7 as I muse a | long. 7

Ye 7 | headlong | torrents, | | rapid and pro | found,

| Ye 7 | softer | floods, 7|7 that | lead the | humid | maze |

7 Along the vale, | | 7and | thou ma | jestic | main 7 |

7 A secret world of | wonders | 7 in thy | self, 7 | | Sound 7 | 7 his stu | pendous | praise, 7 | 7 whose | greater | voice, 7 |

7 Or bids you | roar,

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ings | fall. 7 |││ Soft roll your incense,

77 and flowers, 7 | 7 In | mingled | clouds to

ex | alts, 7 |

7 or bids your | roar

herbs, 7 | 7 and | fruits,

him, 7 | | 7 whose | sun

7 Whose | breath per | fumes you, | 7 and whose | pencil | paints. 7 | | |

Ye 7 | forests | bend, 7 | ye | harvests || wave 7 | 7 to him, 7 | 1

Breathe your still 7 | song 7 | 7 into the | reaper's | heart, 7 |

7 As home he goes 7 | 7 be | neath 7 | 7 the | joy; ous moon. 7 | |

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Ye that keep 7 | watch in heaven, |7 as | earth 7 | 7 a | sleep 7 |

Unconscious lies, 7 | | 7 ef | fuse your | mildest | beams, 7 |

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constellations, | | while your | angels

| strike, 7 |

7 A | mid the | spangled | sky, 7 | | 7 the | silver |

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Great 7 | source of | day! 7 | | blest 7 | image | here be | low, 7 |

7 Of thy Creator, | | ever | pouring | wide, 7 |

From world to | world, 7 | 7 the | vital | ocean | |

round, 7 | |

7 On nature | write 7|7 with | every | beam 7 | 7 his | praise. 7 | Ye 7 | thunders | roll; 7 |

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| 7 be | hush'd 7 | 7 the |

prostrate world, 7 | |

7 While | cloud to | cloud 7 solemn | hymn. 7| |

| 7 re | turns 7 | 7 the |

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Bleat out a ❘ fresh, 7 | 7 ye | hills; 7 | │7 ye | mossy rocks |

7 Retain the sound; 7 7 the | broad res | pon

sive | low, 7 |

7 Ye | vallies | raise; 7 | | 7 for the great 7 | Shepherd | reigns, 71

And his un | suffering | kingdom | | yet 7 | 7 will come. 7| | |

Ye woodlands | all, 7 | 7 a | wake; 7| |7 a | boundless song 7 |

Burst from the | groves: 7 | | 7 and when the restless day, 7

7 Ex | piring, | | lays the warbling | world a | sleep, 7||

Sweetest of birds, 7 | | sweet 7 | Philo | mela,|| charm 7 |

7 The listening | shades, 7|7 and | teach the | night 7 | his 7 | praise. 7 | | |

Ye 7 | chief, 7 | 7 for | whom 7 | 7 the | whole cre ation smiles: 7|

7. At once the | head, 7 | 7 the | heart, 7|7 the | tongue of all; 7 |

Crown the great 7 | hymn. 7 | | | 7 In | swarming | cities | vast, 7 | |

7 Assembled | men 77 to the | deep 7 | organ | | join 71

7 The loud resounding | voice 7 | | oft 7 | breaking | clear, 7 |

7 At | solemn 7 | pauses, | |7 through the | swelling | base; 7 | |

↑ And as each | mingling | flame 7 | 7 in | creases | each, 7

7 In | one 7 | 7 u | nited | ardor || rise to | heav

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Or 7 | 7 if you | rather | choose the rural | shade,

7 And | finda | fane 7 | 7 in | every | sacred | grove, 7 | │

There let the shepherd's | flute, 7 | 7 the | virgin's | lay, 7 |

7 The prompting | seraph, | 7 and the poet's | lyre, 7 |

Still 7 | sing the | God of | seasons | 7 as they | roll. │ ││

7 For | me, 7 | 7 when I for | get 7 | 7 the | darling | theme, 7 | |

Whether the | blossom | blows, 7 | 7 the | summer | ray 7 |

Russets the plain, 7|7 in | spiring | autumn | gleans, 7 |

7 Or | winter | rises | 7 in the | blackening | east, 7 | Be my tongue 7 | mute, 7 | 7 my | fancy | paint no | more, 7 |

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7 And dead to | joy, 7 | 7 for | get my heart 7 | 7 to | beat! 7 |

7 Should | fate com | mand me | 7 to the | furthest | verge 7 |

7 Of the green 7 | earth, 7|7 to | distant | barb'rous climes, 7| |

Rivers 7 un known to | song; 7 | 7 where | first 7 | 7 the sun 7 |

Gilds 7 | Indian | mountains, 7 or his setting | beam 7

Flames on the Atlantic | isles; 7 | | 7 'tis | nought to me, 7 | |

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7 Since God | 7 is | ever | present, | present, ever |

felt, 7,

In the void 7❘ waste 7 | | as in the city | full, 7 1

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7 And | where 7 | He 7 | vital | spreads, 7 | there 7 I must be joy. 7 | | |

When 7 | even at | last 7 | 7 the | solemn | hour 7 | 7 shall come, 7 |

| 7 And | wing my | mystic | flight 7|7 to | future worlds, 7 |

7 I cheerful || 7 will obey; 7 | | there 7 | with new 7 | powers, |

7 Will | rising | wonders | sing;7| |71| cannot |

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7 Where | universal | love | smiles not a round, } | 7 Sustaining | all yon | orbs, 7 | 7 and | all their suns; "7 |

| 7 From | seeming | evil | | still e | ducing | good, 7

7 And | better | thence 7 | 7 a | gain, 7 | 7 and | better | still, 7 |

7 In | infinite pro | gression; | |7 but I | lose 7 | 7 My | self in | Him, 7||7 in | light 7 | 7 in | effable! | | |

Come then, 7 ex | pressive | Silence, | | muse 7 | | His 7 | praise. | | |

INVOCATION TO GRECIAN ENERGY.

Genius 7 of ancient Greece! 7 7 whose { faithful steps 7 |

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