1.
WITHIN this lonely beauteous spot retir’d,
Far from the world and fashion’s giddy throng,
My youthful muse, by Nature’s charms inspir’d,
Has learn’d to raise a feeble, trembling song.
2.
Immur’d for ever in the bustling Town,
Beneath the sway of custom’s dire controul,
How many sounds, reflection’s voice to drown,
And crush the finer feelings of the Soul.
3.
But in seclusion’s calm retreat serene,
The heart with nobler feelings may expand;
Exalt it’s hopes beyond this mortal scene,
And rest in Heav’n, it’s happy native land.
4.
Soft Evening now assumes her peaceful reign;
To gild yon darken’d wood pale Cynthia glows,
And, brightly beaming in the azure plain,
Worlds upon worlds (a solemn scene) repose.
5.
If such the beauties that adorn the Dale,
If such the charms that all around combine,
What scenes were those in Eden’s happy vale,
When first Creation own’d the Hand Divine!
6.
What were thy beams, fair orb, to gild the night,
When first majestic sunk the God of Day,
To pour on Paradise celestial light,
And cheer the gloom with new-created ray!
7.
The happy Pair, who smil’d beneath thy beam,
Whose gentle nature knew no earthly stain,
Whose souls were pure as is the chrystal stream,
Drank holy pleasures unallay’d by pain.
8.
And, tho’ this pure, this happy sinless state
Can never more beneath the skies be found,
We still have hopes to ease affliction’s weight,
We still have views which cure each latent wound.
9.
Congenial hearts, in friendship’s holy ties,
Secluded from the world in peace may rove;
Together seek that bliss above the skies,
Where reigns eternal, pure unmingl’d Love.
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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