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 Sinless and pure they seek the sea, As souls pant for eternity;— Heaven speed their bright course till they sleep In the broad bosom of the deep.

High in mid air, on seraph wing, The paley moon is journeying In stillest path of stainless blue; Keen, curious stars are peering through Heaven's arch this hour; they doat on her With perfect love; nor can she stir Within her vaulted halls a pace, Ere rushing out, with joyous face, These Godkins of the sky Smile, as she glides in loveliness; While every heart beats high With passion, and breaks forth to bless Her loftier divinity.

It is a smile worth worlds to win— So full of love, so void of sin, The smile she sheds on these tall trees, Stout children of past centuries. Each little leaf, with feathery light, Is margined marvellously;