COME, my Susan, quit your chamber, <br />Greet the opening bloom of May, <br />Let us up yon hillock clamber, <br />And around the scene survey. <br />See the sun is now descending, <br />And projects his shadows far, <br />And the bee her course is bending <br />Homeward through the humid air. <br />Mark the lizard just before us, <br />Singing her unvaried strain, <br />While the frog abrupt in chorus <br />Deepens through the marshy plain. <br />From yon grove the woodcock rises, <br />Mark her progress by her notes, <br />High in air her wing she poises, <br />Then like lightning down she shoots. <br />Now the whip-poor-will beginning, <br />Clamorous on a pointed rail, <br />Drowns the more melodious singing <br />Of the catbird, thrush, and quail. <br />Pensive Echo from the mountain <br />Still repeats the sylvan sounds; <br />And the crocus-bordered fountain <br />With the splendid fly abounds. <br />There the honey-suckle blooming, <br />Reddens the capricious wave; <br />Richer sweets, the air perfuming, <br />Spicy Ceylon never gave. <br />Cast your eyes beyond this meadow, <br />Painted by a hand divine, <br />And observe the ample shadow <br />Of that solemn ridge of pine. <br />Here a trickling rill depending, <br />Glitters through the artless bower <br />And the silver dew descending, <br />Doubly radiates every flower. <br />While I speak, the sun is vanish'd, <br />All the gilded clouds are fled; <br />Music from the groves is banish'd, <br />Noxious vapours round us spread. <br />Rural toil is now suspended, <br />Sleep invades the peasant's eyes; <br />Each diurnal task is ended, <br />While soft Luna climbs the skies. <br />Queen of rest and meditation! <br />Through thy medium, I adore <br />Him— the Author of creation, <br />Infinite and boundless power! <br />He now fills thy urn with glory, <br />Transcript of immortal light; <br />Lord! my spirit bows before thee, <br />Lost in wonder and delight.<br /><br />Ann Eliza Bleecker<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-evening-prospect/
