AN EVENING REVERY.—FROM AN UNFINISHED POEM.
This poem and that entitled "The Fountain," with one or two others in blank verse, were intended by the author as portions of a larger poem.
Page [196].
The fresh savannas of the Sangamon
Here rise in gentle suells, and the long grass
Is mixed with rustling hazels. Scarlet tufts
Are glowing in the green, like flakes of fire.
The Painted Cup, Euchroma coccinea, or Bartsia coccinea, grows in great abundance in the hazel prairies of the Western States, where its scarlet tufts make a brilliant appearance in the midst of the verdure. The Sangamon is a beautiful river, tributary to the Illinois, bordered with rich prairies.
Page [204].
The long wave rolling from the southern pole
To break upon Japan.
"Breaks the long wave that at the pole began."—Tennent's Anster Fair.
Page [205].
At noon the Hebrew bowed the knee
And worshipped.