Page 166 - Third Book of Reading Lessons

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READIN LESSO NS. 165
3. Such seems the Christian li in the eye of the worldling; but such it is not within. He "seems to
live, but he is dead."
LESSON V.
DEVOTION.-A VISION.
1. METHOUGHT I roved on shining walks,
'Mid odorous groves and wreathed bowers,
Where, trembling on their tender stalks, Fresh opening bloom'd the early owers ;
Thick hung the fruit on ev'ry bough,
In ripe pro sion clust'ring mellow
While o'er the peak'd horizon's brow
The evening ray ll slant and yellow.
2. Slow pacing through the fragrant shade, With calm majestic mien advancing,
O'erawed, I saw a .queenly maid,
With piercing eyes divinely glancing; Deep wonder chain'd my rev'rent tongue,
My ame was bent with greeting'lowly, While silence o'er the garden hung,
As if the ground she tr was holy.
"And who art thou," with eager tone,
I cried aloud, "whose presence thrilling, Though lately seen, and yet unknown,
Can reach the inmost springs of feeling?
And oh! what sweet secluded scene,
Here shines in rural beauty splendid, Where summer bloom and vernal green
With ripe autumnal wealth are blended !"
G. GRIFF .
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