POEMS. :343 



With a resplendent verge. *' Thou mad'st the cloud, 



" Maker omnipotent, and thou the bow ; 



" And by that covenant graciously hast sworn 



" Never to drown the world again : b henceforth, 



" Till time shall be no more, in ceaseless round, 



" Season shall follow season ; day to night. 



' Summer to winter, harvest to seed time, 



" Heat shall to cold in regular array 



" Succeed." Heav'n taught, so sang the Hebrew 



A HARVEST SCENE. 



WAK'D by the gentle gleamings of the morn, 

 Soon clad, the reaper, provident of want, 

 Hies cheerful-hearted to the ripen* d field; 

 Nor hastes alone ; attendant by his side 

 His faithful wife, sole partner of his cares, 

 Bears on her breast the sleeping babe ; behind 

 Witb steps unequal trips her infant train : 

 Thrice happy pair, in love and labour join'd ! 



All day they ply their task ; with mutua 

 Beguiling each the sultry, tedious hours. 

 Around them falls in rows the sever'd corn, 

 Or the shocks rise in regular array. 

 [ But when high noon invites to short repast, 



b Gen. viii. 22, c Moses, 



