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Book I. The Convention

Queen of tlie silent hour, fair Dian, drives O'er heav'nly pavements, gemmed witli sapphires bright, Her silver car, that to the slumb'ring forest gives And waves pale joy ; as when the tender light Of beauty's fading eye half-smiling lives Upon the smitten heart. O'er nature Night Beyond her pole prevails ; her evening portals wet With matin dews, her locks with radiant moonbeams set.

Late from their leafy bed, with eye of flame, High leap o'er mountain-heath, the tiger, bear, Or lowly crouching bend their dreaded frame, On some lone fawn to bound, or trembling hare. Swift through the parting leaves, high bent on game, Loud shrieks the kingly owl, like trumpet clear ; While prostrate 'neath his bushy tent the Indian lies, And drowns the warrior's cares in sleep's unclosing eyes.

G AMEETCA DISCOVERED.

Not thus the Guardians of man's earthly toil, Who sleep's refreshing balm and rest ne'er know, Seeking by day and through the night to foil Satan's designs — our great and mortal foe. Swift through the air and o'er the busy soil 'They move, on wings unseen by man below. Where power its throne exalts high wreathed in clouds of fire They watch — and where the saddened poor on straw expire.

And lest amid their ranks of peace before, Discord new-born should raise its grating sound, Wise Heaven divided just the common power, To each assigning fixed his office, bound. The South was Hazel's, vast but desert shore ; Azzan's the North, more blest, and happier ground ; Habd'el's wise hand embraced where first the dawn appears. Great Abdah ruled where parting suns dissolve in tears.

These were the Chieftains in th' angelic hosts

That guard our race. Round each, high stand in files

Belligerent and strong, like ocean's coasts,

A mighty army spreading forth for miles.

Of vict'ries gained, but ne'er defeat, each boasts ;

Of friends protected, enemies slain in piles. With burnished spear and sword, and some with silver bow, They serve with cheerful heart around each Chieftain low.

AMEEICA DISCOVERED.

When once the silver trump of war is heard From Hazel, Azzan, Habdiel. or th' mouth Of mighty Abdah, forth they rush with sword Outdrawn to east or west, to north or south. Prepared to execute by force the word, And fill, if need, all earth with burning wrath.

So angry winds the son of Hippotas obey ;

So raised doth Neptune's wand great Ocean's wrath allay.

Full often too. when grave occasion called, When vice was honored, virtue trampled down ; When in the prison's cell the good were walled, And free oppression wore its diamond crown ; When murd'rers and thieves lived unappalled. And they who prayed to deserts wild were flown — Full oft these heav'nly Guards in one great onset join, And with resistless force break wide Hell's boastful line.

And often too, when things were in a maze. And no straight line through wild confusion lay ; When Wisdom staggered in her well-plann'd ways, And Truth was stamm'ring what right word to say ; When half-wrought deeds coy Prudence still delays, And thrcat'ning fates o'erhang each passing day — In woful times like these, oft would the Chieftains meet. And hold in secret conclave pure and high debate.

Such time there was ; and on Cozanti's brow — Cozanti — fiiircst of the Ancles' heights ; Where Spring comes hiughing from the wint'rj snow, And Summer lingers in her sweet moon-nights ; Where tall the fir and chestnut i:)roudlj grow, And round the haw the woodbine wreathed unites — There meet the summoned Chiefs in golden armor clad, Each face illumed with thought, each heart with musings sad.

Nor come they yet alone — a royal suite. Selected wisely from each angel band, Attend their Chief revered, and at his feet Stand nearly to obe}^ each known command. So, when in battle mighty warriors meet, A vet'ran few around their Sovereign stand ;

Victor, prepared with him th' opposing hosts to slay ;

Or conquered, die with him on such eventful day.

A place there is on fair Cozanti's breast. Wide arched by vernal boughs of gloomy height. Around are grayish rocks, that deeply rest As bulwarks firm, to guard the chosen site. Fresh from its spring a silver fountain blest Flows sparkling onward in the quiet night : A font with lymph so pure, that e'en celestial lips Might quaff the stream of joy as o'er the rock it skips.

AMEEK'A DISCOVERED.

High seats ascend from side to distant side Of solid rock, a granite theatre.

Far back and central one. whose summit wide Looked in the distance dim, as seen by star Or lunar ra}^, the dark and massive side Of some proud fane. From crossing boughs all clear And dewy leaves that gcntl}' moved to passing winds, Soft as the smile of Spring, the wavy light descends.

In this wide capitol, with nature all For audit'ry, the angel Chiefs convene. Abdah first rose, all fair and princely tall. High o'er his arching brow was radiant seen Pure light, while loud like cat'ract's roar, clear tall The tones, that gush his iv'ry lips between. Fixed on his words with joy each list'ning ear reposed, And Night her dews forgot till ho descending closed.

'■ Brave Chieftains of the Lord, ye hosts of light, AVlio kind from other lands have sought this plac< A hearty welcome take ye all this night, A triple welcome to this wilderness. No stone-raised palace with its turrets bright, No golden gate with many-diamond fiice ; No throne of iv'ry, crown of various pearl ye see — 'Tis nature wild and vast that now around you be.

10 AMERICA DISCO VEKED.

'' These mighty lands, by wild beasts long possessed, And long by savages more rude than they. With Christian cities have not yet been blest ; Unfelled tlie giant oak. the pine, the bay. Their virgin soil no farmer's spade has pressed. No shepherd's gangs along their valleys play — Majestic rivers, mountains vast, are all we boast, Proud lakes, rich valleys and interminable coast.

'' A land of promise great, but unsubdued By civil arts and true religion fair. The wild beast's scream, the wilder Indian's feud, Are all save nature that salute the ear. Proud nature hath her song, and this aloud She always soundeth forth both far and near. This song, from morn to eve and eve, to morn again, Falls on the ear of Grod, but not of savage men.

" Long have I watched these lands with anxious eye,

To see the dawn of more auspicious day ;

But watched, in vain; for barb'rous still they lie.

By savages oppressed and beasts of prey.

No anthemed praise from Christian hearts on high

'Tis ours to bear ; no Pentecostal day. Sent'nels of Heaven, here have we stood long ages past, And viewed with eye uncheered this wild and boundless waste.

"No doubt, our Author has his ends in view;

No doubt, some noble destiny awaits

This continent. It cannot sure be true,

That such a land, as if accursed by fates,

Is destin'd strangely for the savage few

That roam its Eden o'er. More wise. God hates Not thus his work ; but hidden from angelic ken, His plans design e'en here some wondrous good for men.

" Perhaps our Sovereign waits from us to hear, Guardians below of earth and human kind, The joint petition, the united prayer — Perhaps, a special mission now may find Acceptance, and may move his ear : Above, below, none doubt but He is kind. To his High Court, let us some delegate appoint His will to learn, his power request to our intent.

" But, burdened, I have hurried on too fast. 'Twas not to make such move that I arose. Another end was first, tho' now 'tis last : My full heart touched too soon, its fountain flows. If then, ye wisely judge the time not past, One to preside let us appoint, who knows, By long experience, order to keep. Habdiel I name, for he, I ween, will manage all things well."

He sat ; as on tlic Eastern Prince now turp.ed

All eyes. With modest grace the Chieftain rose.

Not age. pure wisdom on his features burned.

High his brow, his eye fiery ; while flows

O'er shoulders broad his princely hair. Long learned

In councils, wars, and stratagems of foes,

A godlike greatness sat upon his noble brow^

As at the call of Abdah he arises now.

" High Princes of this noble earth, and all Who here have met on this auspicious night : E'er ready to obey your uttered call At other times, now shrinks whatc'er of might I own 'neath cares that all my heart appal, And which no warrior brave perceives are light- No common post it is o'er you to fill such seat, Nor is the bus'ness small, but vast and intricate.

'• Ye seek to haste the wheels of Providence, To look the fast-sealed leaves of fate between ; Of God's decrees to learn the hidden sense. And change of earthly things what long has been. All bold the step — yet suits th' intelligence That here convened adorns this niglitly scene. God's deep-laid schemes of government, tho' dark, invite Our scrutiny; and to examine them is right.

AMEEfUA DiSCOVP]RED. 13

" Humility howe'er becomes the heart

That would assay a daring task like this.

In fates, decrees and destinies, no part

Hath God assigned our creature nothingness.

T' obey is ours, to rule all his. Apart

From Him we are, as all, but emptiness. Awed then the tongue that speaks of his most wise decrees, Who self-sufficient rules as best he only sees.

" But if more wise, y' intend beseech his throne, And such I augur from great Abdah's word. No ill can rise ; for He who hears the groan Of crying lamb, and feeds the humming-bird, His angel bands will not refuse alone, Despised their earnest plea, their prayer unheard.

Willing I am to join in Abdah's wise request;

But to preside o'er you — I leave it to the rest."

Like war trumps clear the plaudits wildly rose From ranks o'er joying ranks of Angels bright. With one consent they all wise Habd'el chose, Filling with loud acclaim the vault of night. From peak to peak the rising thunder grows, Wide o'er the ocean tossed with new delight. Thus from the field of blood, when patriots claim the day, Bise the loud cheers of friends as foes are chased away.

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Next, to the seat high-raised brave Abclah led His princely friend. No cushion'd silk, or gold, Or royal state was there ; but in their stead A granite rock that of its Author told. Deep sunk it rested in its quiet bed, By angels honored more than thrones of old. How oft alas ! do human hands in pride efface The beams divine that live on nature's unwrought face !

We chisel, gild and strive to decorate Some column, wall, or house of lowly clay ; We call it palace, capitol of State, And make it th' wonder of our short-lived day. — But on our track unseen remorseless Fate Outwits our hands and wears our pile away ! What castles, tow'rs and princely halls are now in dust ! — And where the old lie buried, there soon the new ones must.

His seat high-raised, with dignity possessed. Around him Habdiel casts a friendly eye : Then rising slow, the hosts all calm addressed, Lifting his silver voice, his hand on high. '• Warriors of Heaven, unworthy, still I'm blest This seat to hold through your kind charity. My errors you'll indulge, my judgment firm maintain, My weakness prop, while I this honored post retain.

" Among yourselves be court'ous and polite ;

Rough words but illy suit assemblies wise ;

Let passion rest, and only what is right

And true defend, with open, candid eyes.

Look forth on nature through this quiet night —

Behold yon orbs that gem the midnight skies — In harmony they all their diff' rent ways pursue Devoid of hate ; let these exam^dos be to you."

He sat. The Southern Chief, brave Hazel rose. Long was his drooping hair, that on the night "Wide cast, far downward flowed from noble brows. Beneath high arches orbed refulgent light Streamed from his restless eye, that innate glows Pure flame. As silver from the furnace bright His folded lip : his words like mountain winds all free That shake the bending firs, and raise the billowed sea.

" High Chiefs of vet'ran bands, who here this night Have come, full-hearted from each distant land, To place in common orb high-raised the light That each sustains in strong but sep'rate hand ; Rebounds my heart with deep, unmixed delight To see you here — where rocks on rocks high stand. Brothers we kindly meet united all in one, As beams unnumbered make one bright and central sun.

•• WcW liavo 1 known your skill, who loni;- liavo hoKl In sto;uly luunl. the roign of law supremo O'or robol hoarts on HoU's dark battle-field. • l\Uent the loe — yot oft like niorninir dream Has ho wild tied, liis spear and eloudy shield iioft in your prineely hands, that in the beam Of heaven hiii'li hunir. have tropliy oi' your fame far spread, Where o'er surroundin*;' fiends tall Satan lifts his head.

"Parker than times tliat now the world o'erspread Have we beheld. AVhen (>eean's noble son Half-sunken rose above the mountain's head, t)f all earth's millions he the righteous one — And when from burning cities rapid tied The Sodomite, eseaped beeause alone

Of many righteous — these were times of woful gloom.

That seemed to threaten earth with one unbursting tomb.

"Park too it was, when by the 3^-nean hand Ood's infant Hoek lay trembling in its blood; When from Euphrates to the Celtic land, From high Caucasus to llispania's Hood, Kemorseless wolves, with quenchless thirst, demand The lives and hearts of all the humble good. Yet soon these bloody mists were scattered far away. As son of Helena restored a happier day.

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" Dark too as sliadcs of 'J'ojiliot'.s dlKnial cave, Dark as tlie .sooty siiioko of }>unilii;.^ >^tyx, Dark as tlic midnight of Death's inner grave ; Dark as despair, where friendly never mix Sweet light with gloom — dark thus the wave. That o'er this sunken world for eonturies six,

Has poured in wrath its tide of ignorance and woe ;

Yet e'en tliis njidnight gloom some streaks of promise show.

''• Yea more. Sweet morning dawns. Tlie smiling East Is lifting up her portals, and the beams Of burning gold o'er many a land arc cast. Soon trutli and riglitcousness in living streams Will pour their fulness o'er eacli sterile coast. Waking to life all hearts from restless dreams. The morning star has risen, and the full-orbed sun, ]5ehind him short, will soon his glorious journey run.

" This land so lost, tliat like oasis green, Wide gems the desert sea with hidden joy. Must from its tomb of years, the happy scene Of Liberty and Truth revive. Employ No more must angry friends their spleen On its fair soil, predestined to destroy, 'Neath Time's late evening stars, their dark, despotic sway, Dlest herald of a morn, that jilways sliall be day."

IS AMKRICA DISCOVKK'KD.

Next A'A'Aiin rose, (>t'liiii;li majestic^ mioii. .Blue was his roUinn; cyo. liis kindling face Like morning young, that o'er the dewy scene Calm daylight sheds. "With soft and easy grace His words rolled on, as o'er a glassy plain Some joyous stream, that bosomed on its face J>right sunbeams bears. Attention fixed the Seraphs gave, As loud his silver tones rebound from hill to wave.

'"■ I>rave Princes of the earth, and warriors bright, AVho crowd like pressing rocks this mountain high ; floys more my heart now liere. than at the liglit Of Spring, long closed in wint'ry sleep the eye Of nature glad. Who fears the direful fight Of Hell, surrounded thus in harmony AVith hearts, whose bold designs encompass wise the means, rredestined to defeat the wrath of warring fiends ?

'• AVild as the storm full-winged, that bears tlie wave High tossed on heaven's broad arch, has been the strife Long years we wage with Satan, and the cave Of his infernal hosts. Not seldom grief lias clothed the burning eye of warriors brave, Who, in the cause of trutli. their ease and life

Have staked against the common foe. Yet plain we see.

Our sad reverses gain us lasting victory.

"Dark is tlio day that now our raging- fooH Proud claim in every land. God's gracious hand Withdrawn, Hell rages on the field, and throws O'er mountain, plain, its smoke for ever fanned By wrath, whose restless fire God's anger blows. Ah, mournful is the thought, that o'er the land Where martyrs bled, and chief Apostles taught and died, The Great Ai)Ostate rules, his kingdom firm and wide !

"And o'er Jjosphorus, where the Christian king Planted of old Ciirist's standard high and young, Proudly the Crescent, with its half-formed ring. Has fixed its wide dominion fast and long. From Baltic, too, to Asia's northern wing, Where the proud lluss uplifts his sabre strong, Feebly gray Twilight sits upon the hearts of men. Yielding her sickly beam to Night's unbroken reign.

"Ah me ! how often have I pensive stood On rocky peak of some high mountain's dome. And cast my eye as far as angel could. To see, 'mid triumphs of all grasping Ptome, Where lived dispersed the humble and the good. But few survive — and these, where wild beasts roam And serpents hiss half-seen, live in the desert wild, Hard rocks beneath their bed, high heaven tlieir niglitly shield !

" Of Hazel's land it is not mine to speak, Nor yet of thine, most gracious Habdiel; But if the distant views I sometimes take Of these proud lands the real truth doth tell, Our mortal earth is quite enough to make Heaven sorrowful, and Hell with joy to fill. Where Blest Messiah lived, and Amram's son was born. Where the Cicilian preached — how sunken, how forlorn !

" With pleasure then I heard 'mid glittering sin Of this your meeting with brave Abdah here ; New light fell bounding o'er the gloomy scene That long my heart had pained, and eye, and ear. If a new world for faith we find and men. New hopes may grow and flourish richly there. Borne from its barren hill, how oft the drooping vine Lifts from the vale its boughs with fruits almost divine !

" But how proceed aright % This will demand

The wisdom well determined of you all.

This mighty continent to other land

Is yet unknown, but to the red men tall.

To save it, we must lay the vigorous hand

Of faith upon it, and remove its pall. From Japheth then tho' dark must come the flick'ring light. That shall this land redeem from its unbroken night.

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" There only faith retains her partial reign,

There only men are dauntless of the sea.

Thence must we hope this mighty land to gain,

Thence bring and plant of Freedom, Faith, the tree. ■ Wide rolls the wave from main to distant main,

And long hard-wrought, the sea-borne voyage must be : Yet must we wisely plan the broad-waved deep to pass. And plant Redemption, Truth, in this great wilderness.

Auspicious too the time. A spirit bold To climb the sea and find out other lands The minds of many now doth strongly hold. Tired of their own, brave hearts now seek the sands Of other climes, and plough the deep for gold. She, too, that at the head of Adria stands. Proud Venice, hath to ways upon the ocean-tide Found out, through nautic skill, a safe and happy guide.

" E'en now a noble prince the southern cape Of Mizraim seeks to double, and to gain (A daring deed) ! admittance to the lap Of oriental Ind. Nor will such minds remain Content, till sunny Fortune fill their hope, But ply on sea. on land, their fixed design. Such restless hearts and bold let us unseen control. And plant our purpose deep in some adventurous soul.

" One I advise. Dominic's daring son, A ruddy youth in genius unsurpassed : Already from the learned he has won Something of fame. His lot at Pavia cast, He now 'mid old gray walls and oft alone Studies the heavens, but more the sea-tost mast. Great Ocean hath her empire in his soul firm fixed. And 'mid her breaking waves he longs to ride betwixt.

" Him let us train by patience, various toil, To venture boldly on the wide, blue sea ; Him let us bring to this all virgin soil. And agent make of our designs to be. A Comber's son, he'll manly not recoil From the great task ; but ply it night and day. Youth is the time to plant with care the fruitful seed Of greatness, and ambition's rising flame to feed.

Yet must we learn, in enterprise so new, The will of Him who sits upon the Throne. Base would it be in us, and vainly too. To tempt unbid such arduous work alone. All cheerful then I yield to Abdah's view, High o'er the void abrupt some daring one To send : Nor know I, 'mid the warriors here this night, A bolder heart than his to take that upward flight."

He sat. 'Twas sanctioned by the hosts as now A loud acclaim from seat to seat arose. Great Abdah next ; who, with majestic bow, Thanking his friends for whom they kindly chose, Continued thus his words — " Full well I know The care of him who on this mission goes.

Precipitous the flight, and distant far the place;

Through worlded systems lost must such bold envoy pass.

"Nor fittest I such mission to perform ; Heads wiser here, far bolder hearts than mine. Habdiel especially, who oft 'mid storm Of strife his golden spear hath raised sublime. Moved by our need, let him his talents form Unto this task; choosing, as suits, his time. By long-tried skill, great wisdom, prudent management, More would he gain than I for this great continent."

Rose Habdiel next. But ere the silvery sound Fell from his opening lips on anxious ears, Hazel began. From rock to rock rebound His words on dewy winds and reach the stars. " Happy am I upon this sacred ground To see these bands of love. My gloomy fears Are fled, while your united hearts, the prophecy Of good, declare in vain we have not jnissed the sea.

^•i a:\ikkica discovered.

-As my Avnnn thoughts liavo traced the hiin-iod track

Of noble Azzaii in his burniuir words.

Like bird escaped, my mind has wandered back,

And wept o'er Afric and its savage lords.

In sin and burning woo. there is no lack

In that dark land, where ever-warring hordes

Infest the earth and stain a guiltless soil with blood.

Alas ! in once fair Mizraim's land how few the ijood !

Perhaps, howe'er, advantage may arise To each, by joining all in Abdah's ease. The cloud, whose watery garment tills the skies, Falls not on one. but many a thirsty place. So may the love, that oer this cont'nent lies. Far outward spread and bless a distant race. One is the ^vorld. and wheresoe'er kind Mercy lights, She spreads her wings o'er all and every heart doliirhts.

•'In this great central good let us unite, And from a wat'ry chaos bring the prop, That yet in evil day the temple bright Of Truth may bear, and give the nations hope AVondering how oft 'mid landscape of delight. On one sweet llower doth sportive fancv stop ! Oerlooking now all else, let every warrior's eye Ite^^t on this land, and seek to chan<i;e its destinv.

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'' Nor need ^YC argue long the delegate : Abdah should go, for be tbe country rules ; And Habdiel, because in wisdom great. Tbe two are best ; for if one's courage cools Tbe otber maj- inflame, and tlius tbe weigbt Of care divide, as prudent workman tools. Botb let us send, and to tbeir trustful zeal confide This migbty land, from mountain to tbe ocean-tide.

" Meantime, let each bis viceroy wisely name,

Order to keep at home while he's abroad.

Confusion hero, reproach would be, and shame,

To us injurious, high offence to Grod.

But if each Chief a prudent Head should name,

All would be peace and loving brotherhood. Wisest tbe ship is ruled when but one pilot guides, And ev'n Angels bapp'est where one fixed Head presides."

He sat. Habdiel, with dignity, resumed, And brief bis smothered thoughts. " Sure, Princes wise, Some Power, not earthly known, has here assumed Dominion o'er us — surely from the skies, The grace of Heaven vouchsafedj bath here perfumed With love our hearts in fragrant sacrifice. Such union, energy, fraternal love ! — Oh when Have we experienced more among tbe abodes of men !

" Happy am I, as from this seat I gaze On your benignant faces, to behold, 'Mid living image of the spirit's blaze, Radiance of joy more rich than purest gold. Such steadfast zeal a sure foundation lays For hope, and bids us hence be prudent, bold. Not in our hands, 'tis true, the destiny of things Is found — yet who despond, when each his influence brings?

" If then ye will that such embassy go. And me with Abdah freely now appoint. Your final sentence fixed be pleased to show By present vote. The happy agreement Of your wills t' him and me shall pass for law ; Willing to go are we, when willing sent.

Much might I plead and truly my unworthiness ;

But this objecting now I will not farther press."

Scarce from his closing lips had passed the words, When trumpet-tongued the bursting plaudits rose, As rattling armor, shields and burnished swords, Proclaimed to heaven the names all freely chose. From mount to mount resound the stricken chords, Whose echo wild along the ocean goes. Joy fills each heart, and peaceful Hope, her dewy wings From rose-lips drawn, around th' assembly gently brings.

'Twas morn. The windows of the cast were raised.

As from liis burning crown the early Sun

Sent forth his light. The snow-clad summits blazed

Of Andes high, as golden beams now shone

Their frozen peaks between. Diana hazed

Sat widowed on her distant ocean throne.

Her virgin smile obscured in ris'n Apollo's beam ;

Vanished each star from heaven as some forgotten dream.

The fragrant sandal, bathed in morning's light, A robe of brilliant gems did restless wear. While on the willow's leaf, revolving, bright, The dewy pearl-drops waved and sported near. From cedar's bough, the Thenca with delight. And Thili, rais'd their notes seraphic, clear : Morn with her balmy breath o'er vale and mountain spread. And from each folded eye kissed off the leaden shade.

The lion wearied ceased his bloody chase, The tiger cast him in his mountain den, The wolf and jaguar sought some secret place. And all the beasts of prey were silent then. From earthen couch the Indian raised his face, Stretched his long limbs and seized his bow again ; While idly at his side his half-dressed offspring wake, And to her task his brawny spouse her hands betake.

Swift on the wings of light's returning beams, Fly the high Seraphs to their distant homes : Brighter than noon each Chieftain's helmet gleams, As o'er 'mid ether fast he onward roams. Not Abdah. Lost in thought and mighty themes. Hard climb his upward feet the icy domes ; Busied his fancy, where mid grovy worlds expire Light's twilight beam, absorbed in some new planet's fire.

Book II. The Envoys

Arrayed in silver robes the Queen of night High smiling sat on her meridian throne, As from her virgin face, all soft and bright, O'er land and restless sea, her mild ray shone. Far o'er her head, as if engaged in fight With Taurus, or, victor, he had won The trophy, great Orion lifts his club, his sword, And stretches forth his hands, as if of stars the lord.

On Dian fair brave Abdah met his friend. Each had his kingdom placed in worthy hands ; And each was now prepared his course to bend Through starry ways to Heaven. Hence to their lands That far below them lay, they anxious send A farewell look, as seamen to the sands, Where live, 'neath arching boughs by distant mountains hid, Home's joyous scenes and hearts, from them as visions fled.

In the left foot of Neptune's warring son A brilliant orb is seen ; Regel its name. Thither they aim, as wearied sailors run For light-house, when they see its joyous flame. Far in the other arch of heaven, the sun Now seems but taper through the darkness dim ; While like the early dawn new lights around them rise, And worlds unseen before make glad their wand'ring eyes.

Silence not long could hold great Abdah's heart.

" Grood Habdiel, what mighty worlds we see !

The distant lands we rule, how small a part

They now appear of Grod's infinity !

Ah me ! My heart's appalled, and thoughts all start.

As I survey this vast and worlded sea. Above, below, around, on ev'ry side arise Such orbs of light, to gem these ever-varying skies !

" Why hath Omnipotence created these ? Why poured his fulness thus o'er boundless space ? Why did it not his goodness better please Fewer to make, and fill with righteousness ? Like leaves that on the Andes kiss the breeze Of spring, so are these worlds all numberless !