Poor wanderers of a stormy day! From wave to wave we're driven, And Fancy's flash, and Reason's ray, Serves but to light the troubled wayThere's nothing calm, but Heaven! THE BIRD LET LOOSE. THE bird, let loose in eastern skies, When hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor Aies Where idle warblers roam. But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, So grant me, GoD, from every care FALLEN IS THY THRONE. Thy children weep in chains. On Etham's barren shore? That fire from Heaven which led thee, LORD! thou didst love Jerusalem- Thy long-loved olive-tree;—|| Then passed her glory's day, Like heath that, in the wilderness,§ The wild wind whirls away. Silent and waste her bowers, Where once the mighty trod, And sunk those guilty towers, While Baal reigned as God. "Go"-sail the LORD-" Ye Conquerors! Steep in her blood your swords, And raze to earth her battlements, T For they are not the LORD's. Till Zion's mournful daughter O'er kindred bones shall tread, And Hinnom's vale of slaughter** Shall hide but half her dead!" THE TURF SHALL BE MY FRAGRANT SHRINE. THE turf shall be my fragrant shrine; The carrier-pigeon, it is well known, flies at an elevated pitch, In order to surmount every obstacle between her and the place to watch she is destined. "I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies."-Jeremiah, xii. 7. "Do not disgrace the throne of thy glory."-Jeremiah, xiv. 21. "The Lord called thy name a green olive-tree; fair, and of goodly fruit," &c.-Jeremiah, xi. 16. "For he shall be like the heath in the desert."-Jeremiah, xvii. 6. "Take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's."Jeremiah, v. 10. **"Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they shall bury in Tophet till there be no place."-Jeremiah. vii. 32. tt Pii orant tacitè. My choir shall be the moonlight waves, I'll seek, by day, some glade unknown, Thy heaven, on which 'tis bliss to look, I'll read thy anger in the rack Of sunny brightness, breaking through. There's nothing dark, below, above, WHO IS THE MAID? ST. JEROME'S LOVE.* WHO is the Maid my spirit seeks, Through cold reproof and slander's blight! Has she Love's roses on her cheeks? Is hers an eye of this world's light? I chose not her, my heart's elect, From those who seek their Maker's shrine In gems and garlands proudly decked, As if themselves were things divine. No-Heaven but faintly warms the breast That beats beneath a broidered veil; And she who comes in glitt'ring vest To mourn her frailty, still is frail.t Not so the faded form I prize And love, because its bloom is gone; Is all the grace her brow puts on. OH, THOU! WHO DRYEST THE MOURNERS TEAR. "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wears -Psalm cxlvii. 3. Oн. Thou! who dry'st the mourner's tear, If, when deceived and wounded here, The friends, who in our sunshine live, But thou wilt heal that broken heart, When joy no longer sooths or cheers, And even the hope that threw A moment's sparkle o'er our tears, Oh, who would bear life's stormy doom, Come brightly wafting through the gloom Our Peace-branch from above? Then sorrow, touched by Thee, grows bright As darkness shows us worlds of light WEEP NOT FOR THOSE. WEEP not for those whom the veil of the tomb, Or earth had profaned what was born for the skies. In life's happy morning, hath hid from our eyes And the garland of Love was yet fresh on her brow. Oh, then was her moment, dear spirit, for flying From this gloomy world, while its gloom was unknownAnd the wild hymns she warbled so sweetly, in dying, Were echoed in heaven by lips like her own. Weep not for her-in her spring-time she flew To that land where the wings of the soul are unfurled; And now, like a star beyond evening's cold dew, Looks radiantly down on the tears of this world. SOUND THE LOUD TIMBREL. MIRIAM'S SONG. "And Miriam the Prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel In her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances."-Exod. xv. 20. SOUND the loud Timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea! His chariots, his horsemen, all splendid and brave How rain was their boast, for the Lord hath but spoken, His word was our arrow, his breath was our sword.- Of those she sent forth in the hour of her pride? GO, LET ME WEEP. Go, let we weep-there's bliss in tears, When he who sheds them inly feels Some lingering stain of early years Effaced by every drop at steals. This second verse, which I wrote long arter the first, alludes to the fate of a very lovely and amiable girl, the daughter of the late Colonel Bainbrigge, who was married in Ashbourne church, October 31, 1815, and died of a fever in a few weeks after; the sound of her marriage-bells seemed scarcely out of our ears when we heard of her death. During her last delirium she sung several hymns, in a Foice even clearer and sweeter than usual, and among them were some from the present collection (particularly, "There's nothing bright but Heaven"), which this very interesting girl had often heard me sing during the summer. "And it came to pass, that, in the morning watch, the Lord ooked unto the hos of the Egyptians, through the pillar of fire d of the cloud, and roubled the host of the Egyptians.-Exod. v. 24. The fruitless showers of worldly wo Leave me to sigh o'er hours that flew COME NOT, OH LORD. COME not, oh LORD, in te read robe of splendor While Israel tasked all the night in its beam. WERE NOT THE SINFUL MARY'S TEARS. An offering worthy Heaven, When, bringing every balmy sweet Her day of luxury stored, She o'er her Savior's hallowed feet, And wiped them with that golden hair, Were not those sweets, so humbly shed- Thou, that hast slept in error's sleep, "Love much," and be forgiven! AS DOWN IN THE SUNLESS RETREATS. As still to the star of its worship, though clouded, ANGEL OF CHARITY. "And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these."-Exod. xiv. 20. +"Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved muck -Luke, vil 47 When on the shrine of God were laid First-fruits of all most good and fair, That ever bloomed in Eden's shade, Thine was the holiest offering there. Hope and her sister, Faith, were given But as our guides to yonder sky; Soon as they reach the verge of heaven, There, lost in perfect bliss, they die. But, long as Love, Almighty Love, Shall on his throne of thrones abide, Thou, Charity, shall dwell above, Smiling for ever by His side! BUT WHO SHALL SEE. When pain shall cease, and every tear Then, Judah, thou no more shalt mourn The Fount of Life shall then be quaffed And every wind that blows shall waft ALMIGHTY GOD! CHORUS OF PRIESTS. ALMIGHTY GOD! when round thy shrine And Love that "fadeth not away,") Those Cherubs, with their smiling eyes, BEHOLD THE SUN. BEHOLD the Sun, how bright From yonder East he springs, As if the soul of life and light Were breathing from his wings. "Then Faith shall fail, and holy Hope shall die, And he will destroy, in this mountain, the face of the covering ast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations."Isaiah, xxv. 7. "The rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth."-Isaiah, xxv. 8. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;... . . Beither shall there be any more pain."-Rev. xxi. 4. "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new."-Rev. xxi. 5. "And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."Rev. xxii. 17. "The Scriptures having declared that the Temple of Jerusalem was a type of the Messiah, it is natural to conclude that the Palms, which made so conspicuous a figure in that structure, represented that Life and Immortality which were brought to light by the Gospol."-Observations on the Palm, as a Sacred Emblem, by W. Tighe. ++"And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims, and palm-trees, and open flowers."— 1 Kings, vi. 29. tt When the passover of the tabernacles was revealed to the great lawgiver in the mount, then the cherubic images which apDeared in that structure were no longer surrounded by flames; for the tabernacle was a type of the dispensation of mercy, by which Jehovah confirmed his gracious covenant to redeem mankind."Observations on the Pulm. So bright the Gospel broke Before yon Sun arose, Stars clustered through the sky- So Truth lent many a ray, To bless the Pagan's night But, LORD, how weak, how cold were they To Thy One glorious Light! OH FAIR! OH PUREST! SAINT AUGUSTINE TO HIS SISTER. OH fair! oh purest! be thou the dove The sacred pages of Gon's own book Fairest, purest, be thou that dove. LORD, WHO SHALL BEAR THAT DAY! And hear him swear by thee that Time's no more } The Savior shall put forth his radiant head ;] To these, "Come, dwell with me in endless light!" In St. Augustine's treatise upon the advantages of a sear! life, addressed to his sister, there is the following fanciful passat, from which, the reader will perceive, the thought of this song taken: "Te, soror, nunquam, nolo esse securam, sed mers semperque, tuam fragilitatem habere suspectam, ad instar pa columbæ frequentare rivos aquarum et quasi in speculo accip cernere supervolantis effigieia et cavere. Rivi aquarum sententia sunt scripturarum, que de limpidissimo sapientiæ fonte produe tes," &c., &c.-De Vit. Eremit, ad Sororem. +"And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth, lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by Him that verb for ever and ever, . . . . that there should be time no anger."Rev. x. 5, 6. "Awake, ye dead, and come to judgment." "They shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of hea en-and all the angels with him."-Matt. xxiv. 30, and xxv. 31. From whose face the earth and the heaven filed away"Rev. xx. 11. "And before Him shall be gathered all nations, and He st separate them one from another. Then shall the King say into them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed. &c. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal.”—Matt. xxv. 32, et seq. OH, TEACH ME TO LOVE THEE. Он, teach me to love Thee, to feel what thou art, Like some pure temple, that shines apart, Reserved for thy worship alone. In joy and in sorrow, through praise and through blame, Thus still let me, living and dying the same, In thy service bloom and decay Like some lone altar, whose votive flame In holinesss wasteth away. Though born in this desert, and doomed by my birth On thee let my spirit rely Like some rude dial, that, fixed on earth, WEEP, CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. WEEP, weep for him, the Man of GOD-* In yonder vale he sunk to rest; But none of earth can point the sodf That flowers above his sacred breast. Weep, children of Israel, weep! His doctrine fell like Heaven's rain,‡ His words refreshed like Heaven's dew Oh, ne'er shall Israel see again A Chief, to GOD and her so true. His farewell song by Jordan's tide, Before our eyes, to soulless clay; But, changed to spirit, like a wink LIKE MORNING, WHEN HER EARLY BREEZE. Thy Grace can send its breathings o'er COME, YE DISCONSOLATE. COME, ye disconsolate, where'er you languish, dere bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish― Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can not heal. "And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Hoab."-Deut. xxxiv. 8. but "And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab; oman knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day."-Ibid, ver. 6. "My doctrine shall drop as the rain; my speech shall distil as as dew."-Moses' Song, Deut. xxxii. 2. I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt nt go over thither."-Deut. xxxiv. 4: As he was going to embrace Eleazer and Joshua, and was Il discoursing with them, a cloud stood over him on the sudden, 4 he disappeared in a certain valley, although he wrote in the Books that he died, which was done out of fear, lest they ld venture to say that, because of his extraordinary virtue, he ut to God.”—Josephus, book iv., chap. viii. Joy of the desolate, Light of the straying, Hope, when all others die, fadeless and pure, Here speaks the Comforter, in God's name saying→→→ "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can not cure. Go, ask the infidel, what boon he brings us, AWAKE, ARISE, THY LIGHT IS COME. The nations, that before outshona thee, From every nook of earth shall cluster, O'er foreign fields, o'er farthest waters, To thee return thy homesick daughters.‡ And camels rich, from Midian's tents, Shall lay their treasures down before thees And Saba bring her gold and scents, To fill thy air and sparkle o'er thee.|| See, who are these, that, like a cloud,§ Surely the isles shall wait for me,¶ The ships of Tarshish round will hover, To bring thy sons across the sea, And waft their gold and silver over. And make the ground I tread on glorious. And thou shalt name thy walls, Salvation. The sun no more shall make thee bright,‡t Nor moon shall lend her lustre to thee; But GoD, himself, shall be thy Light, And flash eternal glory through thee. Thy sun shall never more go down; A ray, from Heaven itself descended, Shall light thy everlasting crown Thy days of mourning, all are ended. My own, clect, and righteous Land! The Branch, for ever green and vernal, Which I have planted with this hand Live thou shalt in Life Eternal.§§ 453 "Arise, shine! for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee."-Isaiah, Ix. "And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy sising."-Ib. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see; all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side."-[b. "The multitude of camels shall cover thee; the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense."-Ib. "Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?"-Ib. "Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them."- Ib. "The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee: the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanetuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious."-Ib. tt Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates praise."-Ib. "Thy sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the Lord sha!! be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory."-Ib. Thy sun shall no more go down; .... for the Lord shal. be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended."--lb. "Thy people als. the land for ever, he hands "-lb. shall be all righteous, they shall inherit ranch of my planting the work of my THERE IS A BLEAK DESERT. THERE is a bleak Desert, where daylight grows weary Of wasting its smile on a region so dreary— What may that desert be? "Tis Life, cheerless Life, where the few joys that come Are lost like that daylight, for 'tis not their home. There is a lone Pilgrim, before whose faint eyes 'Tis Man, hapless Man, through this life tempted on There is a bright Fountain, through that Desert stealing To pure lips alone its refreshment revealing— What may that Fountain be ? 'Tis Truth, holy Truth, that, like springs under ground, By the gifted of Heaven alone can be found. There is a fair Spirit, whose wand hath the spell Who may that Spirit be? "Tis Faith, humble Faith, who hath learned that, where'er Her wand bends to worship, the Truth must be there! SINCE FIRST THY WORD. SINCE first Thy Word awaked my heart, All bonds of earth I sever Thee, O GOD, and only Thee Like him whose fetters dropped away Return to bondage ?-Never! Thee, O GOD, and only Thee HARK! "TIS THE BREEZE. HARK! 'tis the breeze of twilight calling Earth's weary children to repose; While, round the couch of Nature falling, Gently the night's soft curtains close. Soon o'er a world, in sleep reclining, Numberless stars, through yonder dark, Shall look, like eyes of Cherubs shining From out the veils that hid the Ark. Guard us, oh Thou, who never sleepest, Thou who, in silence throned above, Throughout all time, unwearied, keepest Thy watch of Glory, Power, and Love, Grant that, beneath thine eye, securely, Our souls, awhile from life withdrawn, May, in their darkness, stilly, purely, Like "sealed fountains," rest till dawn. WHERE IS YOUR DWELLING, YE SAINTED? WHERE is your dwelling, ye Sainted? Breathes there a soul that may dare Or hope to dwell with you there? • In singing, the following line had better be adopted :"Can but by the gifted of Heaven be found." ↑ "And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison,.... and his chatus fell off from his hands."-Acts, xii. 7 Sages! who, even in exploring And veiled your eyes in the blaze- Truths you had sown in your bloodSinners! whom long years of weeping Chastened from evil to goodMaidens! who, like the young Crescent, Turning away your pale brows From earth, and the light of the Present, Looked to your Heavenly Spouse— Say, through what region enchanted, Walk ye, in Heaven's sweet air? Say, to what spirits 'tis granted, Bright souls, to dwell with you there? HOW LIGHTLY MOUNTS THE MUSE'S WING. Though Love his magic lyre may tune, Yet ah, the flowers he round it wreathes Round which Devotion ties Alas, his chords of victory Are wet, all o'er, with human tears. How far more sweet their numbers run, IS IT NOT SWEET TO THINK, HEREAFTER. When the Spirit leaves this sphere, Eyes, this world can ne'er restore, Shall meet us and be lost no more. Of earth and heaven, where are they, Blest, and thinking bliss would stay? Alas, alas-doth Hope deceive us? WAR AGAINST BABYLON. "WAR against Babylon!" shout we around, Be our banners through earth unfurled; Rise up, ye nations, ye kings, at the sound-t "War against Babylon!" shout through the world! "Shout against her round about."-Jer. 1. 15. +"Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against has the kingdoms," &c., &c.—Jer. li. 27 |