The Poetical Works of Laman Blanchard With a Memoir by Blanchard Jerrold |
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MORNING.
Wake from your misty nests—instinctive wake,
Ye fine and numberless, and sleeping things!
The infant Saviour of all blossomings
From heaven's blue womb hath passed; and for the sake:
Of Earth, and her green family, doth make
In air redemption and soft gloryings.
The world, as though inspired, erectly flings
Its shadowy coronals away, to slake
A holy thirst for light; and, one by one,
The enamoured hills—with many a startled dell,
Fountain, and forest—blush before the sun!
Voices and wings are up, and waters swell;
And flowers, like clustered shepherds, have begun
To ope their fragrant mouths, and heavenly tidings tell.
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