From G-aham's Magazine for December


NOON.

sY w1LlIAsi culLEs gaYANr.
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TT! noon. At noon the Hebrew bowed tne knes
And worshped. while the husbandnan Withdrew
From the scorched field, and the wayfar'ng man
Grew faint, and turned nside by buooling fount
Or rested in the shadow Of the pain


I, 100, amid the overflow OF day,


Behold the power which %leics anu cherishes
The frame Of Nature. From this brow OF rock
That over!ooks the Hudson's Western rnarge.
/ gaze ,pon the long array of groves,


The piles and gulfs of veraure drinking in


The grateful heats. They love the fiery sun
Their leaves grow thelr spray'
Climb as ne looks apon them. In the midst
The swelling river into his green CULTS.
Unshadowed save by passing sails ABOVE,
Takes tae redundant glory, and ENJOYS )yso,.
The surnmer in his chilly bed Coy MOVERS
Tha, would not open in the early llgnt
push bscs heir plated sheaths. The rvnlets pool
Tha, darkly ouivered ali the morning long
In the cool shade now gmnedIs .boos n ,ae saa;o .u
The o,inerine dragon.f and deep within
o nm s9sa hro,So yyater-beetles to and fro.


silence the brief sabbath Of an hour,


Reisna Ger the fields the laborer sits within
His dwelling; he has left his steers awhile,
Tnvoked. 10 bite the herbage, and his dog
Sleeps stretched beside the doorsone IN the shade
Now the gray rnarrnot, with upli!ted paws,
No more sits listening by his den, but steals
Abroad in safety, 10 lhe cloverheld,
AND crops Its Juicy blossoms All the while
A ceoseless ruurmur from the populous town
sa.ells o er these solitudes mingled sound
Ofiarring wheels, and iron boots that clash
Upon the stony ways, and hammer cang,
And creab Of engines lifting Pond'rous bulks,
And calls and cries, and tread Of eager feet
Innuulerabe. hurrying to and fro
Noon. in that mighty nart OF nations, brings
No pause 10 toll and care with early day
Began the ,umult, ard shall only cease
When midnight, hushing one by one tho sounds
r ,,raHh h~On 70 resi-


Thus, in this feverish time, when love OF gain
And luxury possess the hearts of men,
Thus is i. with the noon of human life
We in our fervid manhood, in strength
Ofreason, we, with hurry, noise and care,
Plan toll and strive, and pause not to refresh
Our spirits with the calm and beautiful
Of Gods harmonious universe, that won
Our youthful wonder; pause not to inquire
Why we are here, and ~ha, the reverence
Man owes 10 man, and what the mystery
That links US 10 the greater world, beside
Whose borders but hover for space.