58 YELLOW GOAT's-BEARD. 



Ay, glorious symbols, by pure hearts descried. 



Where plains extend, and vales of living green ; 

 Where flowers are opening on the lone hill's side. 



Or, on the far-ofiF moors, clear waters gleam ; 

 Reflecting those swift clouds by winds upheld, 

 Heaven's water urns, to gladden the parch'd 

 earth, 

 Showering their freshness ; with glad hearts be- 

 held 

 By grateful men ; for they the beauteous birth 

 Of flowers and fruits call forth, as year by year 

 Moves on, through boundless space, the bur- 

 den'd sphere. 



Long years have past since first the herbless ball. 

 Was clothed with grass and trees, with shrub or 

 flower j 

 Yet still the life then given, pervading all 



That spring from root, or smallest seed, hath 

 power. 

 From leafless branches waving in the wind 



To call forth leaves, and oft from out the ground 



