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Show .UO.DAY IX Al (il ST. A ilopinc hill, a shad.nl 1uL, A sua niLililny upon Uic sty, A Uiy atri-ain wliure cmle ilraiiL, Or ia tho cooling i-hadows !it, A iln-ty hiUwiiy gloiuuiag wliitt', Uunlerevl l.y iiuiriniuifd h--dgui greeu, A liuui of lin)jiy inject life And OuitcriDi; lrini of go!J,'n sli-eD. And od tbe fkj the white olond lis Like iiH li-.H'i'roil in tropic seu, W'nh motionless ieJ idle L'nilirred l.y aoy p.isiog l.ret1 ze. Tlie leaven banp limp auo tin- vine, Tlie llowvr hiivo cloW their frnj;rnot cell?, Tlie murmuriug bee, on droning w iiig, No locjftr eeks lite honeyed wlls; Ttie river (.rarecly soems to plido So placid id tho jilaaif stream. BfUi-atti the elni trt" cooling shndc Tho reapor ks liii uoonti-le rt-st, Lulled iwi-etlj- by tbe twittering kids Ofbir.U nbove tho nulleijged n.'St. And hiro boaeiitU thia Eprendiiij; heei li My b. ok lies open and unread, My soul in in ttie lotus land. Sly ecusc' on ita blossoms fed, I ,-ee the world thronch drowv eye.i, a nd hoar its noucn futnt and tar ; Mj tl'P' heart ha.- tluwo anny Aud 6iii !a tli rough spare like, so mo glud nlnr. I link tbe pre? on l with the paat iki clo-ely, that I almost euom To live gniti the ran if lied hours, Aaoui- irnty live them in a ilrram. SweotupinW from the shadowy latd Uavu Hot thoir .-nuts upon uiy ojtw, Am! oniuy iuaer i-at there 1'jIU . . A mink lrom tho npjur skios; No sound to mar the .west ropoo No sight lo break my happy real, In iorf,i-t pt-acefulness 1 lie A child uiKiii luotlior'o broat. |