The following beautiful verses, of very high order of poetical merit, have not previously been published:—
A THOUGHT.
[30th Aug. 1866. Suggested by Gen. xviii. 1-3.]
A fair and stately scene of roof and walls
Touched by the ruddy sunsets of the West,
Where, meek and molten, eve’s soft radiance falls
Like golden feathers in the ringdove’s nest.
Yonder the bounding sea, that couch of God!
A wavy wilderness of sand between;
Such pavement, in the Syrian deserts, trod