From heaven descend the drops of dew, <br />From heaven the gracious showers, <br />Earth's winter aspect to renew, <br />And clothe the spring with flowers; <br />From heaven the beams of morning flow, <br />That melt the gloom of night; <br />From heaven the evening breezes blow <br />Health, fragrance, and delight. <br /> <br />Like genial dew, like fertile showers, <br />The words of wisdom fall, <br />Awaken man's unconscious powers, <br />Like morning beams, they strike the mind, <br />Its loveliness reveals; <br />And softly then the evening wind <br />The wounded spirit heals. <br /> <br />As dew and rain, as light and air, <br />From heaven instruction came; <br />The waste of nature to repair, <br />Kindle a sacred flame; <br />A flame to purify the earth, <br />Exalt her sons on high, <br />And train them for their second birth, <br />Their birth beyond the sky.<br /><br />James Montgomery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/instruction/
