III. GORDALE. Ar early dawn, or rather when the air Then, pensive Votary, let thy feet repair Where the young lions couch; -for so, by leave And mineral crown, beside his jagged urn And force their passage to the salt-sea tides! IV. MALHAM COVE. Was the aim frustrated by force or guile, When giants scooped from out the rocky ground Tier under tier this semicirque profound? - (Giants the same who built in Erin's isle No mightier work had gained the plausive smile Vain earth! - false world! Foundations must be laid In Heav'n; for, mid the wreck of is and was, Than noblest objects utterly decayed. V. COMPOSED DURING A SEVERE STORM. ONE who was suffering tumult in his soul Yet failed to seek the sure relief of prayer Went forth his course surrendering to the care Of the fierce wind, while mid-day lightnings prowl Insidiously, — untimely thunders growl, – While trees, dim-seen, in frenzied numbers tear The lingering remnant of their yellow hair, And shivering wolves, surprised with darkness howl As if the sun were not:- - he lifted high His head and in a moment did appear Large space, mid dreadful clouds, of purest sky, An azure orb shield of Tranquillity, Invisible unlooked-for minister Of providential goodness ever nigh! VI. COMPOSED ON THE BANKS OF A ROCKY STREAM. DOGMATIC Teachers, of the snow-white fur! Checked in your course by many a teazing burr; Each lighter function slumbering in the brain, But surely less so than your far-fetched themes! VII. WRITTEN IN VERY EARLY YOUTH. CALM is all nature as a resting wheel. |