Receive its kindest sympathy.
Oh, Summer’s night—man’s Eden hours!
All Nature thrills with thy delight,
Th’ greenwood, rocky streams and flowers,
Th’ murm’ring sea, th’ beach, the mountain height.
Then give thy soul’s gratitude to Him
Who made the orb “to rule the night,”
And with the prayer of Cherubim
Pour forth thy heart’s inmost delight.
And learn to feel for another’s wo,