Poems Author:Allan Park Paton 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: Iv. THE HEAVENLY SOWERS. " MAGDALEN! ho, Magdalen! Wake up, my dearest Magdalen! What couch is this for thee, my girl? Wake up, beloved child! All p... more »laces have we searched for thec: An idler only said 'the glen!' And yet thou'rt here, and hast been sleeping,- Sleeping 'mongst the flowerets wild! " Thou art on a bed of moss, laving curtains droop before thee! Hark, the Fall! its bright flecked waters Ripple by thy very feet! Primroses gleam on your cheek, A dappled foxglove bendeth o'er thee! Oh, why asleep, my Magdalen, In such a strange, though fair retreat f" " Was I sleeping, sweetest mother ? Is it summer-time, I wonder! I think I hear birds sing above: I surely see green leaves and flowers! Oh, already! Sprung already! Mother, on the cliflj—up yonder! Yes, in truth, too fair a vision To meet sinful eyes like ours. " Oh, how lightly rose he thither! With what attitude of care Placed the seed within the fissure, On the forehead of that Rock I His voice of kindness as he muttered,— 'This, without one, would look bare; Some wanderer's eye might mount to it, And to the heart take nothing back!'" "My dearest child, my Magdalen! What unawakened words are these ? And yet thy gaze is clear and steady, Earnest is thy voice's tone! I see the Rose whose snow-white blossoms Overhang yon precipice, But human feet ne'er scaled that Crag— 'Twas planted there by God alone." " Yes—God through them.—I have been dreaming, Oh, I have been dreaming, mother! Such a dream! So brimmed with beauty! Doubtless sent me from on high. Has it faded ? Nevermore, alas! Shall I see such another, Till these eyes have closed on earth, To open o'er yon azure sky. "I thought I stood within this Glen, Upon this sp...« less