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HUSH'D AS THE SLEEP OF INFANT LOVE.

I.Hush'd, as the sleep of Infant Love,The weary world was lying;In dreamy whispers waved the wood,Its shadows slumbering on the flood,That slumber'd softly sighing.The clouds that streak'd th' ethereal blueIn slender ranks together drew,As if they loved to linger there,And muse o'er scenes so calm and fair.The starlight glitter'd in the stream,And look'd with trembling eyeUp to the steady starlight's gleam,That glow'd mid deepest sky;—Like one who loves, but doubts and fears;Whose timid gaze, mid glistening tears,Watches the loved-one's glance of lightSo softly and serenely bright.
II.All outward things below, above,The spirit of repose and loveHad steeped, as dews the flower;And o'er the world of inner'senseWas shed the gentle influenceOf that sweet midnight hour.
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