Page:Hemans in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 35 1834.pdf/16



, too, the glad and fearless Birds of Air, Were charged that hour, on missionary wing, The same bright lesson o'er the seas to bear, Heaven-guided wanderers with the winds of Spring. Sing on, before the storm, and after, sing! And call us to your echoing woods away From worldly cares; and bid our spirits bring Faith to imbibe deep wisdom from your lay. So may those blessed vernal strains renew Childhood, a childhood yet more pure and true Ev’n than the first, within the awakened mind; While sweetly, joyously they tell of life That knows no doubt, no questionings, no strife, But hangs upon its God, unconsciously resigned.