DUMB thunder shakes the wilds — a rising smoke,
A hastening stream the curious search provoke:
Lo! Kakab?ka’s yawning chasm is seen
Scoop’d in rude form, the rifted rocks between:
Smooth to the verge flows ample river deep,
There driven at once to make the awful leap:
Shot raging down, its torrents, huge and full,
Each other cross: soon all, as whitest wool,
Is lost in depths of boiling froth below:
Upwards dense mists and circling vapours go
In showers again to fall: his glory bright
The sun sheds full on these; with pure delight
The beauteous bow we view of mingling dyes;
Across th’ abyss in utmost depth it lies,
Fluctuates and struggles in the very foam,
Mounts the wild rock, climbs past the wood, the dome
Stretches to reach, in which it had its home:
And there, O emblem sweet and picture true
Of heavenly faith! is lost to human view.
Shine out, O Sun of righteousness, shine out
On humble souls, who strive in depths of doubt,
Broken in penitence and toss’d with fears;
Beam, in thy brightness, on their falling tears!
Bid all the blended hues of faith, and love,
And holy joy, and hope which looks above,
Through varied scenes their track continuous stamp;
Draw loveliness and glow from clouds and damp;
Surmount each rugged place, and find at last
Mingling in native heaven, all troubles pass’d.
Promise and pledge of God, the bow is shown
When showers and sunshine meet, and then alone;
So on the soul if grace and mercy shine,
Must sorrowing heart with heavenly ray combine;
Promise and pledge of better things are seal’d
In Christ, than in the rainbow are reveal’d;
Sure mercies sworn by God, but hid to those
Whose soul no want and no compunction knows:
Blessed are they that mourn! to them belongs
Joy on their heads, with everlasting songs.
(George Jehoshaphat Mountain)
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