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Show THE NEW DAT. BY LOUISA EraEELL- 5ilcni Wn the nijln, a3i 0. bo locc ! V.:h Mr. rao-iu ftrTer .liu mt; 8ve th.ii a. bir-J at mi:L:ht tnllsi a A J.'tani cl kUyiit, froul hj mc-onHl nest. The hill lay couched in dumter, ranee on range, 1 he i;.in h k.l b mime in a Jiirer b, Th.ii niT-tery of calm bt-for a clianpp ! That lull ol wa:ur ii tho lowest ebb ! Soe Jrow.-y not wer all the bird conld siug, S-.lt ,n tho -CjltrrcJ dr.jH of suaicier dew; Tli" a, hushed wilhic the quei o: hi wing, 11 s i:is uu nigra; but dvw the drrniu com A thrill runs through the spare? of the night, And flutters on ibe wavy extern hue; Beyond the stirs dil Lies a dinlaul li.n, The luminous ouiflo of a dj divito. Willi (low approach it deepens inn Moom, Faint j as mi u i? je'low, Willi a flush of njse; And, bnghu-ni'Ji: nil it mute ih tijvrs aglooa, O'tr all ihu loct uncoitaiuty it flows. What thonpti the porfect day is yet unborn ! Sweet was the carolled virion of I ha bird; Gld .ire tbe tiJnl colors of iho mom. And Heaven is pledged without a single w-rd. The waves of li'-hl are brrnVinf; on tl:e shore, I'ul- 'j in nuieuce to a mightier flow Tho strong njilitt of nobler her ia before, The gioat new future rising in the glow. Above llio hil's sureea the rtar at lat. The lonye-J for day, cffu-oii I, high and wide; Turn, Inrn, gray wrth, anil leave the darkeuod pnt Anil giving thyself upon the iocoming tide 1 |