A sense of vague and overwhelming awe;

Of inconceivable immensity,

The being's inmost recess permeates;

And man, the atom in comparison,

In spellbound admiration, mutely stands;

With speculative meditation, dwells

On that most solemn of impressive thoughts,

The goodness of the Deity to man![A]

"Both solitary and in straggling groups; In solid phalanx, rigid and compact." MOUNTAIN SCENE, SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO.

In solid phalanx, rigid and compact."

 

FOOTNOTES:

[A]

 Composed at St. Anthony's hospital, Denver, Colo., from whence the author was led hopelessly blind.

Nature's Child. 

I love to tread the solitudes,

The forests and the trackless woods,

Where nature, undisturbed by man,

Pursues her voluntary plan.

Where nature's chemistry distills

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