222 SiSl mti. 
Ash Tki:e.... Gi-andeiir. 
It is sure, 
Stamped by the seal of nature, that the well 
Of mind, where all its waters gather pure, 
Shall with unquestioned spell all hearts allure. 
Wisdom enshrined in beauty — Oh ! how high 
The order of that loveliness. 
Percival. 
The sky is changed! — and such a change ! night. 
And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, 
Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light 
Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, 
From peak to peak, the rattling crags among 
Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, 
But every mountain now hath found a tongue, 
And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, 
Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud ! 
And this is in the night : — most glorious night ! 
Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be 
A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — 
A portion of the tempest and of thee ! 
How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, 
And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! 
And now again 'tis black, — and now, the glee 
Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain mirth, 
As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth. 
Bijroii. 
