“I love to gaze upon Thy speaking face, thy calm, fair brow, And feel my spirit dark And deep, grow bright and pure as thou. Like thee it stands alone: Like thee its native home is night, But there the likeness ends,— It beams not with thy steady light.”
“I would all men might look Upon thy pure sublimity, And in their bosoms drink Thy lovliness and light like me; For who in all the world Could gaze upon thee thus, and feel Aught in his nature base, Or mean, or low, around him steal!”
“Thou art the throne Of thy own spirit, star! And mighty things must be alone. Alone the ocean heaves, Or calms his bosom into sleep; Alone each mountain stands Upon its basis broad and deep”