MIDNIGHT MUSINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5758, 1 May 1880, Page 7

MIDNIGHT MUSINGS.

I [Composed os tiik Marie 'at Pjliuhaxa, Apr*. 4,1889.] Hushed in the stillness of night; Bathed in the exquisite light Of an Austral moon. Shining above in the azure. Clear, and vast in its measure, As the heavens at noon z Enwrapping the'wonderfal Mount.t From its snow-covered peak to the fount That springs at itn base: _ .... In the glades of the forest a glimmer. On the streamlet a marvellous shimmer Of silyery rays. : Not a breath, not a sigh of the breeze ; The high-reaching sentinel trees Tower ghostly and still." Nature's praise of its God is unspoken, The silence of night is unbroken O'er valley and hilL And that fabled Sister, of Doath We call Sleep, has breathed with her breath On the the faceß of all: - They are steeped in the waters of Lethe, jtm,.woman, and.babe lie beneath the . . Invisible .pallAnd what are those thoughts that ariso In my brio ? those scenes that my eyes Linger o'er? , Aro they those '■f the days whem tfnending ■ That praise?—and variously blending With what is no more. . . There are thoughts that may hot find tongue There are passionate yearnipgs wrung. From the soul: .... There is sorrow whose source is'divine. There is joy that maddons like wjne In the bowl." Weak hands vainly to TBxP■ Dim eyes would fain look their last, . • Bnt once vision, .' . \ •• On feWs a d h, tb«V ■ Sirorg 'KSS'.'Sai£S3?n '""old climb Thit 13 Th£Va3t height r fldc3 aw3y - ..S»o^r°- DiT ..' . Tae aii worldly leaven_i ,■ ~ , - *#• 1-tttneheS itselilD TU*'FDTURT» It ££5»Jn the Godhead of SaXan . - And - - And so—in of niffht,- : '-• * In the fast-fading raya ot the light Of the moon— • . ftfy held its sMemn communion, "*"* It awoke inthe glorious union - Of Midnight and Noon* >«. " ~ S. CRbioA-BBorar.

* The open apace, at I'ari&a.fcV.QE. wt}ich To whiU holds his meetings.- r " t Mount Ejmont,- at the base ot which UesParihaka.