“I love to gaze at even-tide.”
I.
I love to gaze at even-tide
Upon the still and mighty deep,
And see the sun’s reflecting rays
Over its tranquil surface creep.
II.
I love to list the billows’ roar,
And watch the waves’ majestic swell,
For there Jehovah’s glory shines,
In grandeur seraphs could not tell!
III.
I love to dwell upon the joy
Unspeakable, that fill’d my breast,
When o’er the water’s wide expanse
I pass’d, when ruffled–when at rest.
IV.
O let me oft such rapture know!
And let my grateful spirit raise,
‘Mid raging storms its humble pray’r,
‘Neath sunny skies its ardent praise!
V.
O! I could gaze from morn till night,
On scenes which I have often view’d;
Nor feel the touch of weariness
Upon my ravish’d sense obtrude!
VI.
The source it is, whence I’d renew
My mind’s too oft enfeebled pow’rs,
And gather treasures that would throw
Some solace round my weary hours.
VII.
Fain would I see those long famed shores,
Where, in the blaze of genius dwelt–
Heroes, and Orators, and Bards–
And Sages who at truth’s shrine knelt.
VIII.
Yes! I would tread where Poets trod,
And catch the animating fire,
That lifts the heart and soul on high,
And tunes to softest strains the Lyre.
IX.
I’d feel the Poet’s kindling glow,
And own the Sculptor’s magic pow’r;
Steal joy from beauty and from art,
To gladden ev’ry flying hour.
X.
I’d read on Nature’s brilliant page,
What God himself hath written there,
And be identified with Him,
Whose spirit fills this circling sphere.
(Mary Ann Carter)
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