Pure element of waters! wheresoe'er Thou dost forsake thy subterranean haunts, Green herbs, bright flowers, and berry-bearing plants, Rise into life and in thy train appear: And, through the sunny portion of the year, Swift insects shine, thy hovering pursuivants: And, if thy bounty fail, the forest pants; And hart and hind and hunter with his spear Languish and droop together. Nor unfelt In man's perturbfhd soul thy sway benign; And, haply, far within the marble belt Of central earth, where tortured Spirits pine For grace and goodness lost, thy murmurs melt Their anguish,''"and they blend sweet songs with thine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUNKEN GOLD by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON THE HOLLY TREE by ROBERT SOUTHEY AT LAST by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE RAZOR-SELLER by JOHN WOLCOTT MY SHIP by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN BUILDING BLOCKS by VIRGINIA A. ALLIN |