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370 The tremulous battery Earth

Responds to the touch of man;

It thrills to the antipodes,

From Boston to Japan.

The planets' child the planet knows

And to his joy replies;

To the lark's trill unfolds the rose,

Clouds flush their gayest dyes.

When Ali prayed and loved

Where Syrian waters roll,

Upward the ninth heaven thrilled and moved

At the tread of the jubilant soul.

WALDEN

my garden three ways meet,

Thrice the spot is blest;

Hermit-thrush comes there to build,

Carrier-doves to nest.

There broad-armed oaks, the copses' maze,

The cold sea-wind detain;

Here sultry Summer overstays

When Autumn chills the plain.