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Earth hath its Mountains, lifting high 



Their viewless summits to the sky ; 



Its Plains, that in their boundless maze, 



Baffle the eye's far-searching gaze ; 



And Seas, immeasurably deep, 



Which, in their secret holds, do keep 



Treasures unknown to human thought, 



Treasures by human hands unsought. 



Yet hath nor mountain, plain, nor sea, 



In all their vast immensity, 



More power to speak, through wondering sense, 



Of the great God's omnipotence, 



Than one smalL^mp of water ! Yes, 



Behold its living world ! (no less) 



Of creatures beautiful and bright, 



Disporting 'midst its liquid light. 



Some, like to rare and clustering gems ; 



Like lilies some, with silver stems, 



Waving in graceful motion, slow, 



(Like measured cadence) to and fro ; 



Others like fairy bells appear, 



Ringing their chimes in fancy's ear ; 



And there are serpent-forms, that glide 



'Midst tiny banks of moss, or hide 



Their glittering coats beneath the leaves 



Of mimic boughs, which Nature weaves 



