The Litchfield County Post

From the Hartford Times,
MORNING IN SPRING.
How sweet the landscape! Morning twines
Her tresses round the brow of day,
And bright mists o'er the forest pines,
Like happy spirits float away,
To revel on the mountain's crown,
Whence the glad stream comes shouting down:
Through woods and rocks that hang on high,
Like clouds against the deep blue sky.
The woven sounds of bird and stream,
Are stealing beautiful and deep
Upon the spirit, like a dream
Of music on the hour of sleep:
And gently from the dewy bowers,
Soft murmurs, like the breath of flowers,
Are winding through the purple grove,
And blending with the notes of Love.
The streams in veins of beauty flow;
The sunrise gale o'er flower and tree
So lightly breathes, it scarce would blow
A fairy bark upon the sea;
It comes so fresh, so wild, so sweet,
It draws the heart from its retreat
To mingle with the glories born
In the first holy light of morn.
The lake, unruffled by the breeze,
Smiles in its sweet unbroken rest,
As it were dreaming of the trees
And blossoms pictured on its breast;
Its depths are glowing bright and fair,
And the deep skies seem hallowed there,
Soft trembling as they felt the thrill
Of music echoing from the hill.
A cloud is on the sky above.
And calmly o'er the young year's blue,
'Tis coming, like a thing of Love,
To gladden in the rising dew;
Its white waves with the sunlight blend,
And gentle Spirits seem to bend
From its unrolling folds, to hear
The glad sounds in our joyous sphere.
The living soul of beauty fills
The air with glorious visions bright,
They linger round the sunny hills
And wander in the clear blue light;
Off to the breathing heaven they go-
Along the earth they live and glow-
Shed o'er the lake their happy smiles,
And beckon to its glittering Isles.
Oh! at this hour-when air and earth
Are gushing Love, and Joy, and Light,
And songs of gladness hail the birth
Of all that's beautiful and bright;
Each heart beats high-each thought is blown
To flame-the Spirit drinks the tone
Of brighter worlds, and melts away
In visions of Eternal day!