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Cary, Alice, 1820-1871 [1859], The adopted daughter and other tales. (J.B. Smith and Company, Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf487T]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
Grand cataract! how vain seems human power, While gazing, awe-struck, on thy boiling wave! In days of sunshine, and when tempests lower, Thy mighty mass of frantic billows rave. The main, though oft the reckless seaman's grave Is calm, when winds do not its waves infest; And gently then the rocky shore doth lave: But what can soothe thy billows into rest, Or lull the wild throes of thy troubled breast? And high above the deep and dark abyss, How lovely Heaven's triumphal arch appears, A herald seeming from the seats of bliss, To cheer the pilgrim in this vale of tears. The giant pine its green top proudly rears, Forever watered by the misty air; Within the surge the flying swallow fears To dip his wing, nor will the wild-duck dare To rashly lave his glossy bosom there.
Cary, Alice, 1820-1871 [1859], The adopted daughter and other tales. (J.B. Smith and Company, Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf487T]. |
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