Page:Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave.djvu/155

Rh With vivid flight she mounts on high

Above the dusky maze,

And with a perspicacious eye

Doth far 'bove nature gaze.

Hail happy pair, from whom such raptures rise,

On whom I gaze with pleasure and surprise;

From thy bright rays the gloom of strife is driven,

For all the smiles of mutual love are Heaven.

Thrice happy pair! no earthly joys excel

Thy peaceful state; there constant pleasures dwell,

Which cheer the mind and elevate the soul,

Whilst discord sinks beneath their soft control.

The blaze of zeal extends from breast to breast,

While Heaven supplies each innocent request;

And lo! what fond regard their smiles reveal,

Attractive as the magnet to the steel.

Their peaceful life is all content and ease,

They with delight each other strive to please;

Each other's charms, they only can admire,

Whose bosoms burn with pure connubial fire. 13*