Birds and all Nature, Vol. IV, No 4, October 1898

<h2><SPAN name="THE_VOICE_OF_NATURE" id="THE_VOICE_OF_NATURE"></SPAN>THE VOICE OF NATURE.</h2> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">Who could not sleep in this embowered room</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">Perched high above the suffocating ground;</div> <div class="verse">Where clinging vines, and tree-tops in their bloom</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">Cast grateful shade and fragrance all around;</div> <div class="verse">When, added to the magic spell of flowers,</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">The night bird's song fills up the witching hours!</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">Who could not rise refreshed at early dawn</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">In this same sweet, enchanted nook;</div> <div class="verse">When, to the half-unconscious ear is borne,</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">From Lark and Robin, Sparrow, Thrush and Rook,</div> <div class="verse">The gentle warning of the opening day&mdash;</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">God's earliest sermon to humanity!</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">What soul could feel the burdening weight of sin</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">When, from these tiny, upraised throats,</div> <div class="verse">The songs of Nature's praise begin</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">And Heavenward pour, in liquid dulcet notes!</div> <div class="verse">We gladly join our grateful voice to theirs</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">And turn our thoughts to God in earnest prayers.</div> <div class="verse ar"><span class="sc">E. D. Barron.</span></div> </div></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />