GOD OF THE CHANGEFUL YEAR!—AMIDST THE GLOW 
OF STRENGTH AND BEAUTY AND TRANSCENDANT GRACE, 
WHICH ON THE MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS, OR DEEP BELOW 
IN SHELTERD VALES, AND EACH SEQUESTER’D PLACE, 
THY FORMS OF VEGETABLE LIFE ASSUME; 
—WHETHER THY PINES, WITH GIANT ARMS DISPLAYED, 
BRAVE THE COLD NORTH, OR WRAPT IN EASTERN GLOOM, 
THY TRACKLESS FORESTS SWEEP, A WORLD OF SHADE;— 
—OR WHETHER SCENTING OCEAN'S HEAVING BREAST, 
THY ODORIFEROUS ISLES INNUMEROUS RISE, 
OR UNDER VARIOUS LIGHTER FORMS IMPREST, 
OF FRUITS AND FLOWERS, THY WORKS DELIGHT OUR EYES i 
GOD OF ALL LIFE! WHATEER THOSE FORMS MAY BE, 
O MAY THEY ALL UNITE IN PRAISING THEE! 
