Poems Author:Dunstan Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE POET OF NATTJEE. 'Mid the forests' stillness solemn Soul entranced the poet lay, Saw the sunshine o'er each column, Of the greenwood giants' play. ... more » Saw the oaks, their boughs entwining As a shelter o'er his head; Saw the blue sky through them shining With soft fleecy clouds o'er spread. Saw the birds, with bright eyes glancing, Hopping through the brushwood spray, Saw the leveret bold, advancing With wild springs to where he lay. Saw the many coloured flowers, Nodding o'er their mossy bed, Saw the close enwoven bowers Where the tenderest buds were fed. Heard the green boughs interlacing Whispering of a former day ; Tell, how, since their first embracing, Centuries had passed away. Heard the stream with eager motion, Gurgling o'er its pebbly bed, Singing to the far off ocean, As in joyous course it sped. Heard the hum of myriad voices, Rising through the tranquil air, chapter{Section 4Heard, how nature all rejoices And proclaims G-od's works are fair. Felt, as with the God-head blending, Pelt his origin divine, Felt his soul to heaven ascending, On the winged thoughts of rhyme. Lingered till the moonbeams gleaming, Chequered all the hills with light; And the earth lay still and dreaming, In the soft embrace of night. Lingered till the tire from heaven, Touched the altar of his soul, And the sacred power was given, To sway, to conquer, to control. Then the flood gates of his soul Opened, and the stream of song, Hushing forth beyond control Boiled impetuously along. Words of sweetness, words of thunder From his lips resistless poured, Filling all the world with wonder; Men paused, they listened, they adored. From earth's man created sorrow, Far He lifted them on high, ...« less